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Filter by:The purpose of this registry is to collect retrospective and prospective standardized data of patients treated with particle therapy, either with protons or carbon ions, at the National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO) based in Pavia. By keeping track of the patients treated, it will allow the investigators to periodically analyze and evaluate data collected of daily clinical activity. This will help gathering more information on the results of particle therapy and will provide the basis for in depth evaluation of patients' outcome with respect to the delivered treatment.
This study sought to investigate the efficacy and safety of a three-drug combination antiemetic regimen of olanzapine combined with aprepitant and palonosetron for the prevention of chemoradiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
1. To investigate the tolerability of MR-linac based stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (MRL-SBRT)for patients with localized prostate cancer 2. To assess the acute and late toxicities, efficacy and quality of life for patients treated by MRL-SBRT 3. To simulate the dose planning and assess the feasibility of simultaneous-boost for MR-prominent foci 4. To investigate the relationship between the changes of blood and tissue biomarkers and manifestations on mp-MRI pre-/post-MRL-SBRT, to further ascertain the predictive factors of local persisting and/or relapse disease
Patients with head and neck malignancy that are treated with Radiation Therapy [RT] are expected to develop Oral Mucositis (OM) in 60% of cases. Mucositis is a side effect of radiation and / or chemotherapy that causes severe pain and inability to eat and drink and a decrease in quality of life. In addition it may impair the treatment protocol and treatment outcomes. Photobiomodulation is a non-ionizing optical radiation in the near or near-infrared range used for acceleration of wound healing and pain reduction. Photobiomodulation therapy for the reduction of mucositis is included in the International Guidelines of the MASCC / ISOO Association and the British NICE. To date the treatment has been performed by members of professional medical staff in hospitals or clinics. The study device is home-used photobiomodulation device approved for indications of pain reduction and acceleration of wound healing. The device has shown efficacy in treating mucositis around dental implants in a clinical trial and after oncological treatments in a limited number of cases as reported in the scientific literature.
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) in the prevention and management of radiotherapy-induced vaginal toxicity (RIVT). Therefore, we hypothesize that PBMT can reduce the severity of RIVT in gynecological cancer patients, increasing the patient's QoL and sexual functioning.
When using highly conformal radiotherapy techniques, such as proton therapy, a controlled breathing pattern and a minimal breathing amplitude could greatly benefit the treatment of mobile tumors. This reduction in tumor motion may be achieved with the use of a ventilator that is able to regulate and modulate the breathing pattern. CPAP provides a constant level of positive airway pressure. Compared to spontaneous breathing, the use of CPAP increased lung volume and can result in a significant decrease in tumor movement and a significant decrease in both mean lung and mean heart radiation dose. These results were found in patients treated for limited stage disease, it is not clear if this approach is feasible for patients with more advanced stage of disease that undergo radiotherapy with curative intent. With Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP), tidal volume excursions are determined by the pressure difference between the set inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) and the set expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP). This mode of ventilation increases lung volume comparable to CPAP, but also to control tidal volumes and breathing frequency. However, BiPAP has never been studied in the setting of motion mitigation during radiotherapy and BiPAP might be more difficult to adjust to for patients compared to CPAP. Therefore, the current study is proposed to evaluate whether or not CPAP or BiPAP is of benefit in patients that undergo radiotherapy for larger intra-thoracic tumor volumes.
This is a phase II randomized trial, where patients with histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx that have primary tumor (T3 - T4) in place, treated with curative intent chemoradiation, will be randomized to systematic mid-treatment MRI-based radiotherapy adaptation vs. standard of care. The primary objective is to compare patient-rated dysphagia (as assessed by the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory composite score at 6 months post-treatment in patients undergoing routine mid-treatment MR-guided radiotherapy adaptation vs. in patients receiving the current standard of care.
In the case of primary surgery, in patients with sentinel node involvement, it has already been shown that omitting axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), often combining axillary radiotherapy (RT), does not worsen the prognosis and does significantly reduce the appearance of lymphedema. However, patients who have received neoadjuvant systemic treatment cannot benefit from this option, even though in the majority of those who have responded well to treatment, a residual disease in the armpit is low, but there are no studies yet published that supports the possibility of not performing lymphadenectomy. The primary endpoint is to evaluate wether axillary radiotherapy (ART) presents a lower risk of lymphedema with respect to lymphadenectomy (ALND) in patients with breast cancer who, after neoadjuvant systemic treatment (NST), present the sentinel node affected. Likewise, we will evaluate recurrences and overall survival in both groups. Finally, we will analyze the quality of life of these patients.
A total of 520 cases will be randomly divided into Kang Fu Pen (liquid dressing) enema intervention group (experimental group) and non-enema intervention group (control group), according to the ratio of 1:1.
Recently, there is growing interest in the application of three-dimensional (3D) printed bolus to radiotherapy.At present, the researches on the application of 3D-printed bolus in breast cancer are mainly focused on air gap between skin and bolus or electron beam conformal therapy [7,15], there are no clinical experience with customized 3D-printed bolus for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in daily practice has been published up to now. We aim to evaluate dosimetry and application of 3D-printed bolus for the post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) with Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). Seventy five patients with breast cancer receiving radiotherapy following post-mastectomy in our department were randomly selected in this study. The accuracy of fit of the 3D-Printed bolus to the chest wall was improved significantly relative to conventional bolus.This study demonstrates customized 3D-printed bolus in post-mastectomy radiation therapy improves fit of the bolus compared to conventional bolus. Furthermore, VMAT based on 3D-printed bolus significantly improves the chest wall target coverage and the conformity of plan, and reduces the dose of ipsilateral lung and heart, compared to conventional bolus.