Hemostatic radiotherapy for bladder cancer-related hematuria in patients unfit for surgery: is there any impact of fractionation schedule?

Purpose: The optimal schedule for palliative external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in patients with bladder tumors with hematuria unfit for surgery remains undefined. This study aimed to assess the clinical hemostatic efficacy and safety of two EBRT hypofractionated schedules.

Methods: From February 2008 to October 2017, 31 patients were referred to our department for palliative hemostatic bladder irradiation.

Axillary nodal irradiation practice in the sentinel lymph node biopsy era: Comparison of the contemporary available 3D and IMRT techniques.

Objective: Our study aimed to compare regional node coverage and doses to the organ at risk (OAR) using conventional technique (CT) "AMAROS" (AT) intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) techniques in patients receiving regional nodal irradiation (RNI) for breast cancer (BC).

Methods: We included 30 consecutive patients with BC who received RNI including axillary nodes. Two independent and blinded dosimetric RNI plans were generated for all patients.

A Wake-Up Call for Routine Morbidity and Mortality Review Meeting Procedures as Part of a Quality Governance Programs in Radiation Therapy Departments: Results of the PROUST Survey.

Purpose: Morbidity and mortality review (MMR) meetings in radiation therapy (RT) departments aim to monitor radiation-induced toxicities and identify potential factors that may be correlated with their development and severity, particularly treatment planning errors. The aims of the Prospective Registration of Morbidity and Mortality, Individual Radiosensitivity and Radiation Technique (PROUST) survey were to make an inventory of existing MMR procedures and to describe their procedures.

Methods And Materials: The link to the web-based questionnaire of the PROUST survey was sent to 351 radiation oncologists working at 172 centers.