[Are extensive fields useful for radiotherapy of esophageal cancer?].

Purpose: Study of the pattern of relapse for locally advanced oesophageal cancer and analysis of the local recurrences according to irradiated volume.

Patients And Methods: We performed a monocentric retrospective study of patients treated in the integrated centre of oncology (Angers, France). Two treatment strategies were used: concurrent chemoradiation alone or followed by surgery.

[Cerebral monitoring with somatosensory evoked potentials in carotid surgery. A review of 141 carotids].

Objective: To evaluate postoperative and mid-term results of carotid surgery (CS) with somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) monitoring.

Methods: Between 1998 and 2006, 141 CS in 124 patients were performed under general anesthesia. Selective shunting was based on SEP abnormality.