In radiation therapy, a CT image is used to manually delineate the organs and plan the treatment. During the treatment, a cone beam CT (CBCT) is often acquired to monitor the anatomical modifications. For this purpose, automatic organ segmentation on CBCT is a crucial step.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe the first case of ethmoid metastasis from an oropharyngeal human papillomavirus-induced squamous cell carcinoma using the anti-P16 immunohistochemistry. The p16 overexpression can be a valuable aid in the differential diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose To investigate the effect of adding concurrent chemotherapy (CT) to cetuximab plus radiotherapy (RT; CT-cetux-RT) compared with cetuximab plus RT (cetux-RT) in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (LA-SCCHN). Patients and Methods In this phase III randomized trial, patients with N0-2b, nonoperated, stage III or IV (nonmetastatic) LA-SCCHN were enrolled. Patients received once-daily RT up to 70 Gy with weekly cetuximab or with weekly cetuximab and concurrent carboplatin and fluorouracil (three cycles).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur goal was to optimize the radiosensitizing potential of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibodies, when given concomitantly with preoperative radiotherapy in KRAS wild-type locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Based on pre-clinical studies conducted by our group, we designed a phase II trial in which panitumumab (6 mg/kg/q2 weeks) was combined with preoperative radiotherapy (45 Gy in 25 fractions) to treat cT3-4/N + KRAS wild-type LARC. The primary endpoint was complete pathologic response (pCR) (H0 = 5%, H1 = 17%, α = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the present study was to perform a rectal cancer practice survey in order to re-assess in 2005 the Belgian state of the art. A questionnaire based on the past 1999 peer review, supplemented with general questions, was circulated to 16 radiotherapy centres in Belgium. A case was also proposed for treatment planification.
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