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Hu WJ, Bai G, Wang Y, Hong DM, Jiang JH, Li JX, Hua Y, Wang XY, Chen Y. Predictive modeling for postoperative delirium in elderly patients with abdominal malignancies using synthetic minority oversampling technique. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2024; 16:1227-1235. [PMID: 38660665 PMCID: PMC11037067 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i4.1227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Postoperative delirium, particularly prevalent in elderly patients after abdominal cancer surgery, presents significant challenges in clinical management. AIM To develop a synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE)-based model for predicting postoperative delirium in elderly abdominal cancer patients. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed data from 611 elderly patients who underwent abdominal malignant tumor surgery at our hospital between September 2020 and October 2022. The incidence of postoperative delirium was recorded for 7 d post-surgery. Patients were divided into delirium and non-delirium groups based on the occurrence of postoperative delirium or not. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to identify risk factors and develop a predictive model for postoperative delirium. The SMOTE technique was applied to enhance the model by oversampling the delirium cases. The model's predictive accuracy was then validated. RESULTS In our study involving 611 elderly patients with abdominal malignant tumors, multivariate logistic regression analysis identified significant risk factors for postoperative delirium. These included the Charlson comorbidity index, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, history of cerebrovascular disease, surgical duration, perioperative blood transfusion, and postoperative pain score. The incidence rate of postoperative delirium in our study was 22.91%. The original predictive model (P1) exhibited an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.862. In comparison, the SMOTE-based logistic early warning model (P2), which utilized the SMOTE oversampling algorithm, showed a slightly lower but comparable area under the curve of 0.856, suggesting no significant difference in performance between the two predictive approaches. CONCLUSION This study confirms that the SMOTE-enhanced predictive model for postoperative delirium in elderly abdominal tumor patients shows performance equivalent to that of traditional methods, effectively addressing data imbalance.
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- Wen-Jing Hu
- Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Department of Thyroid, Breast and Vascular Surgery, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200434, China
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Barat M, Pellat A, Hoeffel C, Dohan A, Coriat R, Fishman EK, Nougaret S, Chu L, Soyer P. CT and MRI of abdominal cancers: current trends and perspectives in the era of radiomics and artificial intelligence. Jpn J Radiol 2024; 42:246-260. [PMID: 37926780 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-023-01504-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Abdominal cancers continue to pose daily challenges to clinicians, radiologists and researchers. These challenges are faced at each stage of abdominal cancer management, including early detection, accurate characterization, precise assessment of tumor spread, preoperative planning when surgery is anticipated, prediction of tumor aggressiveness, response to therapy, and detection of recurrence. Technical advances in medical imaging, often in combination with imaging biomarkers, show great promise in addressing such challenges. Information extracted from imaging datasets owing to the application of radiomics can be used to further improve the diagnostic capabilities of imaging. However, the analysis of the huge amount of data provided by these advances is a difficult task in daily practice. Artificial intelligence has the potential to help radiologists in all these challenges. Notably, the applications of AI in the field of abdominal cancers are expanding and now include diverse approaches for cancer detection, diagnosis and classification, genomics and detection of genetic alterations, analysis of tumor microenvironment, identification of predictive biomarkers and follow-up. However, AI currently has some limitations that need further refinement for implementation in the clinical setting. This review article sums up recent advances in imaging of abdominal cancers in the field of image/data acquisition, tumor detection, tumor characterization, prognosis, and treatment response evaluation.
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- Maxime Barat
- Department of Radiology, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, 75014, Paris, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France
- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, 75014, Paris, France
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- Department of Radiology, Hopital Robert Debré, CHU Reims, Université Champagne-Ardennes, 51092, Reims, France
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- Department of Radiology, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, 75014, Paris, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France
- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, 75014, Paris, France
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- The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Montpellier Cancer Institute, 34000, Montpellier, France
- PINKCC Lab, IRCM, U1194, 34000, Montpellier, France
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- The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, 75014, Paris, France.
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Cité, 75006, Paris, France.
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Lu L, Sun Y, Ren Y, Zhao S, Hua Z. Effect of regional anesthesia and analgesia on long-term survival following abdominal cancer Surgery-A systematic review with meta-analysis. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20611. [PMID: 37842575 PMCID: PMC10570603 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Background The impact of regional anesthesia and analgesia (RAA) on long-term survival following cancer surgery is a topic of debate. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of perioperative RAA on long-term oncological outcomes in patients undergoing major abdominal cancer surgery. Methods The authors searched computerized databases and reference lists from inception to December 20, 2022. All studies that investigated the effects of perioperative RAA on long-term oncological outcomes following major abdominal cancer surgery were included. Using the inverse variance method with a random-effects model, hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Results The systematic review included 51 retrospective studies, one prospective study, and three randomized controlled trials (RCTs), with a total of 95,046 patients. The results showed that perioperative RAA may improve long-term overall survival (HR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.80 to 0.91, P = 0.00, I2 = 60.2%). However, there was no significant association between perioperative RAA and reduced cancer recurrence (HR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.90 to 1.03, P = 0.31, I2 = 52.3%). When performing a pooled analysis of the data from the three RCTs, no statistically significant effect of RAA was found in either case. Conclusion The systematic review suggests perioperative RAA may improve long-term overall survival but does not appear to reduce cancer recurrence in patients undergoing major abdominal cancer surgery. The limited number of RCTs included in this study did not confirm this finding, highlighting the need for further RCTs to corroborate these results.
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- Corresponding author. Beijing 100730, China.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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den Boer D, Veldman JK, van Tienhoven G, Bel A, van Kesteren Z. Evaluating differences in respiratory motion estimates during radiotherapy: a single planning 4DMRI versus daily 4DMRI. Radiat Oncol 2021; 16:188. [PMID: 34565384 PMCID: PMC8474826 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-021-01915-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background In radiotherapy, respiratory-induced tumor motion is typically measured using a single four-dimensional computed tomography acquisition (4DCT). Irregular breathing leads to inaccurate motion estimates, potentially resulting in undertreatment of the tumor and unnecessary dose to healthy tissue. The aim of the research was to determine if a daily pre-treatment 4DMRI-strategy led to a significantly improved motion estimate compared to single planning 4DMRI (with or without outlier rejection). Methods 4DMRI data sets from 10 healthy volunteers were acquired. The first acquisition simulated a planning MRI, the respiratory motion estimate (constructed from the respiratory signal, i.e. the 1D navigator) was compared to the respiratory signal in the subsequent scans (simulating 5–29 treatment fractions). The same procedure was performed using the first acquisition of each day as an estimate for the subsequent acquisitions that day (2 per day, 4–20 per volunteer), simulating a daily MRI strategy. This was done for three outlier strategies: no outlier rejection (NoOR); excluding 5% of the respiratory signal whilst minimizing the range (Min95) and excluding the datapoints outside the mean end-inhalation and end-exhalation positions (MeanIE). Results The planning MRI median motion estimates were 27 mm for NoOR, 18 mm for Min95, and 13 mm for MeanIE. The daily MRI median motion estimates were 29 mm for NoOR, 19 mm for Min95 and 15 mm for MeanIE. The percentage of time outside the motion estimate were for the planning MRI: 2%, 10% and 32% for NoOR, Min95 and MeanIE respectively. These values were reduced with the daily MRI strategy: 0%, 6% and 17%. Applying Min95 accounted for a 30% decrease in motion estimate compared to NoOR. Conclusion A daily MRI improved the estimation of respiratory motion as compared to a single 4D (planning) MRI significantly. Combining the Min95 technique with a daily 4DMRI resulted in a decrease of inclusion time of 6% with a 30% decrease of motion. Outlier rejection alone on a planning MRI often led to underestimation of the movement and could potentially lead to an underdosage. Trial registration: protocol W15_373#16.007 Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13014-021-01915-1.
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- Duncan den Boer
- Department of Radiotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Moriya S, Tachibana H, Hotta K, Nakamura N, Sakae T, Akimoto T. Range optimization for target and organs at risk in dynamic adaptive passive scattering proton beam therapy - A proof of concept. Phys Med 2018; 56:66-73. [PMID: 30527091 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to design and develop a new range optimization for target and organs at risk (OARs) in dynamic adaptive proton beam therapy (PBT). METHODS The new range optimization for target and OARs (RO-TO) was optimized to maintain target dose coverage but not to increase the dose exposure of OARs, while the other procedure, range optimization for target (RO-T), only focused on target dose coverage. A retrospective analysis of a patient who received PBT for abdominal lymph node metastases was performed to show the effectiveness of our new approach. The original plan (OP), which had a total dose of 60 Gy (relative biological effectiveness; RBE), was generated using six treatment fields. Bone-based registration (BR) and tumor-based registration (TR) were performed on each pretreatment daily CT image dataset acquired once every four fractions, to align the isocenter. RESULTS Both range adaptive approaches achieved better coverage (D95%) and homogeneity (D5%-D95%) than BR and TR only. However, RO-T showed the greatest increases in D2cc and Dmean values of the small intestine and stomach and exceeded the limitations of dose exposure for those OARs. RO-TO showed comparable or superior dose sparing compared with the OP for all OARs. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that BR and TR alone may reduce target dose coverage, and that RO-T may increase the dose exposure to the OARs. RO-TO may achieve the planned dose delivery to the target and OARs more efficiently than the OP. The technique requires testing on a large clinical dataset.
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- Shunsuke Moriya
- Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology and Particle Therapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Chiba 277-8577, Japan; Radiation Safety and Quality Assurance Division, Hospital East, National Cancer Center, Chiba 277-8577, Japan.
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- Division of Radiation Oncology and Particle Therapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Chiba 277-8577, Japan; Radiation Safety and Quality Assurance Division, Hospital East, National Cancer Center, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology and Particle Therapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Chiba 277-8577, Japan; Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital East, National Cancer Center, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
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- Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology and Particle Therapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Chiba 277-8577, Japan; Radiation Safety and Quality Assurance Division, Hospital East, National Cancer Center, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
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Mahairidou A, Rodopoulou S, Tomos I, Maratou E, Manali E, Raptakis T, Papiris SA, Karakatsani A. Exhaled Breath Condensate Acidification Occurs During Surgery for Abdominal Cancer. Anticancer Res 2017; 37:3315-3321. [PMID: 28551684 DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.11700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Acidification of exhaled breath condensate (EBC), reflecting airway inflammation and oxidative stress, has been reported in lung cancer patients undergoing lobectomy. We undertook this study to examine EBC pH changes during surgery for abdominal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS EBC pH was measured from 20 patients undergoing abdominal cancer resection before and during surgery. Repeated-measures of ANOVA and random-effects linear models were applied to compare mean EBC pH values in samples collected at different times. Cox and linear regression models were used to determine the association of EBC pH with occurrence of acute bronchospasm intra-operatively and the duration of hospitalization. RESULTS Significant acidification of EBC was observed during surgery (p=0.007) associated with 0.77% (95% confidence interval=-0.14-1.68, p-value=0.097) increase in the risk for developing acute bronchospasm, after adjustment for potential confounders. CONCLUSION EBC acidification occurs in patients undergoing abdominal cancer resection and is associated with the occurrence of acute bronchospasm intraoperatively.
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- Archontia Mahairidou
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Metaxa Hospital, Piraeus, Greece .,Second Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Haidari, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Second Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Haidari, Athens, Greece
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- Athens Hellenic National Center for Research, Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes, Mellitus and its Complications, Athens, Greece
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- Second Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Haidari, Athens, Greece
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- Second Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Haidari, Athens, Greece
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- Second Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Haidari, Athens, Greece
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- Second Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Haidari, Athens, Greece
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Ohira S, Ueda Y, Nishiyama K, Miyazaki M, Isono M, Tsujii K, Takashina M, Koizumi M, Kawanabe K, Teshima T. Couch height-based patient setup for abdominal radiation therapy. Med Dosim 2015; 41:59-63. [PMID: 26553471 DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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There are 2 methods commonly used for patient positioning in the anterior-posterior (A-P) direction: one is the skin mark patient setup method (SMPS) and the other is the couch height-based patient setup method (CHPS). This study compared the setup accuracy of these 2 methods for abdominal radiation therapy. The enrollment for this study comprised 23 patients with pancreatic cancer. For treatments (539 sessions), patients were set up by using isocenter skin marks and thereafter treatment couch was shifted so that the distance between the isocenter and the upper side of the treatment couch was equal to that indicated on the computed tomographic (CT) image. Setup deviation in the A-P direction for CHPS was measured by matching the spine of the digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) of a lateral beam at simulation with that of the corresponding time-integrated electronic portal image. For SMPS with no correction (SMPS/NC), setup deviation was calculated based on the couch-level difference between SMPS and CHPS. SMPS/NC was corrected using 2 off-line correction protocols: no action level (SMPS/NAL) and extended NAL (SMPS/eNAL) protocols. Margins to compensate for deviations were calculated using the Stroom formula. A-P deviation > 5mm was observed in 17% of SMPS/NC, 4% of SMPS/NAL, and 4% of SMPS/eNAL sessions but only in one CHPS session. For SMPS/NC, 7 patients (30%) showed deviations at an increasing rate of > 0.1mm/fraction, but for CHPS, no such trend was observed. The standard deviations (SDs) of systematic error (Σ) were 2.6, 1.4, 0.6, and 0.8mm and the root mean squares of random error (σ) were 2.1, 2.6, 2.7, and 0.9mm for SMPS/NC, SMPS/NAL, SMPS/eNAL, and CHPS, respectively. Margins to compensate for the deviations were wide for SMPS/NC (6.7mm), smaller for SMPS/NAL (4.6mm) and SMPS/eNAL (3.1mm), and smallest for CHPS (2.2mm). Achieving better setup with smaller margins, CHPS appears to be a reproducible method for abdominal patient setup.
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- Shingo Ohira
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan; Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan; Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yao Municipal Hospital, Yao, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
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Campana LG, Bertino G, Rossi CR, Occhini A, Rossi M, Valpione S, Benazzo M. The value of electrochemotherapy in the treatment of peristomal tumors. Eur J Surg Oncol 2014; 40:260-2. [PMID: 24332582 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Electrochemotherapy (ECT) holds promise as a minimally invasive palliative tool for selected patients with peristomal tumors. We present the favorable short-term outcome of three patients (two with head and neck cancer, one with gastric cancer) successfully palliated by ECT. Treatment effectiveness and clinical benefit for patients with unresectable stoma recurrence need to be confirmed in future multicenter studies.
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