Radiation therapy of skin carcinomas: results of a hypofractionated irradiation schedule in 675 cases followed more than 2 years.

Six hundred and seventy-five cases of cutaneous epidermoid carcinomas of the face (excluding the lips, ears and eyelids) were treated with superficial irradiation therapy according to an original dose and time schedule (3 fractions of 1020 R over 14 days), with correction for RBE. The reference dose was always set at the deepest portion of the tumor (100% isodose including the lesion) and surface dose was limited to 125% of the depth dose. The energy used varied according to the thickness of the tumor, and the size of the irradiation fields according to the diameter of the tumor.

[A systematic radio-surgical combination in the treatment of sarcoma of soft tissues in adults. Results in 106 cases at the Centre François Baclesse].

Based on a series of 143 cases of soft tissue sarcomas, including 106 cases treated curatively, the author stresses the importance of surgical resection with frozen section histological control, systematically combined with radiotherapy. Even when resection is complete, the frequency of loco-regional recurrences in all published series shows that neoplastic cells were already present around the resection site. Consequently, since 1972 at the Centre François Baclesse, whenever possible, surgery is preceded by concentrated regional irradiation (2 sessions of 6.

[Computerized medical records. The experience of the François Baclesse Center].

Information regarding the patient needs to be known before all consultations or treatment. There may only be one medical file in which this information is contained and hence there are problems regarding storage and transport which slow down the diagnostic process and treatment. The replacement of this file on paper by a completely computerised record file (observations, laboratory results, hospital reports) allows instantaneous consultation and access to such a record.