Lymph node assessment in cervical cancer: current approaches.

Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common neoplasia in women worldwide. Although early-stage CC is often curable, 40 to 50% of patients are diagnosed at a locally advanced stage. Metastatic disease accounts for the principal cause of death.

The uptake of [F]-fluorodeoxyglucose by the renal allograft correlates with the acute Banff scores of cortex inflammation but not with the 1-year graft outcomes.

Introduction: [F]FDG PET/CT noninvasively disproves acute kidney allograft rejection (AR) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with suspected AR. However, the correlation of biopsy-based Banff vs. PET/CT-based scores of acute inflammation remains unknown, as does the prognostic performance of [F]FDG PET/CT at one year suspected AR.

Identification of CT radiomic features robust to acquisition and segmentation variations for improved prediction of radiotherapy-treated lung cancer patient recurrence.

The primary objective of the present study was to identify a subset of radiomic features extracted from primary tumor imaged by computed tomography of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients, which remain unaffected by variations in segmentation quality and in computed tomography image acquisition protocol. The robustness of these features to segmentation variations was assessed by analyzing the correlation of feature values extracted from lesion volumes delineated by two annotators. The robustness to variations in acquisition protocol was evaluated by examining the correlation of features extracted from high-dose and low-dose computed tomography scans, both of which were acquired for each patient as part of the stereotactic body radiotherapy planning process.

Predictive clinical and dosimetric parameters for risk of relapse in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated by SBRT: A large single institution experience.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of dosimetric parameters on efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (ES-NSCLC), using Hypofractionated Treatment Effects in the Clinic (HyTEC) reporting standards.

Methods: From April 2010 to December 2020, 497 patients who received SBRT for ES-NSCLC at the University Hospital of Liège were retrospectively enrolled. A total dose of 40 to 60 Gy in 3-5 fractions (72-180 Gy biologically effective dose with an α/β ratio of 10 (BED)) was prescribed to the 80 % isodose line of the PTV.