| Literature DB >> 21864923 |
Philippe Giraud1, Alma Sylvestre, Sofia Zefkili, Albert Lisbona, Pierre Bonnette, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, Edouard Paris, Christian Perigaud, Alexia Savignoni, Marc-André Mahé.
Abstract
This study evaluated adjuvant helical tomotherapy after extrapleural pneumonectomy ± neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in 24 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Toxicity was judged acceptable despite 2 cases (8%) of suspected grade 5 pneumonitis. With a mean follow-up of 7 months, 5 patients had distant and 2 local and distant failure.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21864923 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.06.040
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiother Oncol ISSN: 0167-8140 Impact factor: 6.280