Clinical features, treatment and prognosis of primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma: A systemic review.

Background: Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a rare soft tissue sarcoma, is characterized by a high recurrence rate and a poor prognosis. This systematic review aims to summarize the clinical characteristics, pathological features, treatment, and clinical outcomes of primary pulmonary RMS, and to analyze prognostic-related risk factors to provide robust evidence for future treatment strategies.

Methods: Five databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, and Web of Science) were searched using the relevant terms including "pulmonary", "lung", "alveolar", "ERMS", "ARMS", "RMS" and "rhabdomyosarcoma".

Is Prophylactic Radiotherapy to the Lymphatic Drainage Area Necessary for Patients With Stage III Ovarian Cancer After Chemotherapy Following Surgery?

Background: For patients with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer, there are limited studies on the effects of postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy (RT). Here we assessed the therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of postoperative radiotherapy to the abdominal and pelvic lymphatic drainage area for stage III epithelial ovarian cancer patients, who had all received surgery and chemotherapy (CT).

Methods: We retrospectively collected patients with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and full-course adjuvant CT.

Clinical Validation and Treatment Plan Evaluation Based on Autodelineation of the Clinical Target Volume for Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy.

Purpose: Clinical target volumes (CTVs) and organs at risk (OARs) could be autocontoured to save workload. This study aimed to assess a convolutional neural network for automatic and accurate CTV and OARs in prostate cancer, while comparing possible treatment plans based on autocontouring CTV to clinical treatment plans.

Methods: Computer tomography (CT) scans of 217 patients with locally advanced prostate cancer treated at our hospital were retrospectively collected and analyzed from January 2013 to January 2019.

Is neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer beneficial: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

To examine the potential benefits and adverse events of neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) versus upfront surgery in pancreatic cancer (PC) patients. Extensive librarian-led literature searches were conducted on PubMed, Web-of-Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, the Cochrane Central Library and Embase. The primary outcomes were resectability, adverse events, pathological and survival outcomes.

A novel X-Ray and γ-Ray combination strategy for potential dose escalation in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Background: Treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) has long been calling for advances in technology of radiotherapy. Patients who received radiotherapy still had high risks of local recurrence, while suffering from gastrointestinal side effects. Based on the inherent characteristics of the x-ray and γ-Ray radiation techniques, here we proposed and investigated an unexplored radiation therapy.

Clinical application of radiotherapy in patients with oligometastatic ovarian cancer: a sharp tool to prolong the interval of systemic treatment.

Background: With the advances of radiation technology, treatment of oligometastatic disease, with limited metastatic burden, have more chances to achieve long-term local control. Here we aim to evaluate the efficacy and safety of radiotherapy (RT) in oligometastatic ovarian cancer patients.

Methods: A retrospective analysis collecting 142 patients (189 lesions) with oligometastatic ovarian cancer were included in the study.

Comparing running vs interrupted sutures for skin closure: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Continuous sutures and interrupted sutures have been widely applied to skin closure after non-obstetric surgery or traumatic wounds. Usually, continuous sutures were divided into transdermal or subcuticular sutures according to whether the stitches were placed through or below the epidermal layer. Interrupted sutures, on the other hand, involved penetration of the loose connective tissue beneath the skin layers, with stitches placed through the external skin layer.

Automatic Segmentation of Clinical Target Volume and Organs-at-Risk for Breast Conservative Radiotherapy Using a Convolutional Neural Network.

Objective: Delineation of clinical target volume (CTV) and organs at risk (OARs) is important for radiotherapy but is time-consuming. We trained and evaluated a U-ResNet model to provide fast and consistent auto-segmentation.

Methods: We collected 160 patients' CT scans with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and were treated with radiotherapy.