Advantages of TRUS-based delineation for high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy planning.

Purpose: To evaluate the variability of prostate contours delineated on computed tomography (CT) and transrectal ultrasound (TRUS).

Material And Methods: A TRUS-based high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy procedure was introduced in 2016 in our center. The first thirty patients were additionally imaged with CT immediately after the treatment.

Permanent breast seed implant for partial breast radiotherapy after partial mastectomy for favorable breast cancer: Technique, results, and applications to various seroma presentations.

Purpose: Adjuvant partial breast radiotherapy is the standard of care for early-stage favorable breast cancer. We report dosimetry, acute and late tolerance for 67 permanent breast seed implants.

Materials And Methods: From July 2012 to October 2018, 67 postmenopausal women with unifocal pT1pN0 invasive ductal or ductal carcinoma in situ received partial breast radiotherapy using stranded Pd-103 seeds after breast-conserving surgery, delivering 90 Gy to the seroma + margin (1.

Talking about treatment benefits, harms, and what matters to patients in radiation oncology: an observational study.

Background: Shared decision making is associated with improved patient outcomes in radiation oncology. Our study aimed to capture how shared decision-making practices-namely, communicating potential harms and benefits and discussing what matters to patients-occur in usual care.

Methods: We invited a convenience sample of clinicians and patients in a radiation oncology clinic to participate in a mixed methods study.

How often do both core competencies of shared decision making occur in family medicine teaching clinics?

Objective: To assess how often risk communication and values clarification occur in routine family medicine practice and to explore factors associated with their occurrence.

Design: Qualitative and quantitative cross-sectional study.

Setting: Five university-affiliated family medicine teaching clinics across Quebec.

Intermittent vs Continuous Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Importance: Androgen deprivation is the standard therapy for patients with advanced or recurrent prostate cancer. However, this treatment causes adverse effects, alters quality of life, and may lead to castration-resistant disease. Intermittent androgen deprivation has been studied as an alternative.