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Results of Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy in Advanced Oral-cavity Tumours
Juergen RJ Schultze, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Centre, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
Standard treatment in advanced oral-cavity tumours is radical surgery followed by adjuvant radiation therapy or definitive radiochemotherapy alone. For some years now, neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with subsequent surgery has been gaining more interest. |
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Alemtuzumab as First-line Treatment for Progressive B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
Claire Dearden, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Cancer Research
Conventional treatment has relied on alkylating agents such as chlorambucil and, more recently, purine analogues such as a fludarabine. As single agents these therapies achieve good overall response (OR) rates of up to 80%, but complete remission (CR) rates of <10% for chlorambucil and 15–20% for single-agent fludarabine. |
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Image-guided Radiotherapy
Dirk Verellen Director, Medical Physics Group, Department of Radiotherapy, Academic Hospital, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Inaccurate knowledge of a patient’s anatomy and position during the course of therapy has always been a major source of concern in radiation therapy, potentially compromising the clinical results by insufficient dose coverage of the target volume and/or overdose of normal tissues. |
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Improved Cancer Care Puts Focus on Specialist Education and Training in Surgical Oncology
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The present trend in surgical subspecialisation is mainly organ-based, treating malignant, benign and functional conditions of the involved organ. During the last decades, general surgery has been divided up in several subspecialities such as gastrointestinal surgery, hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery, coloproctology and endocrine surgery. |
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Organ-based cancer surgery lacks a thorough knowledge of cancer disease and the risk is that this leads to suboptimal treatment. To stimulate and influence young surgeons to train in surgical oncology, ESSO has appointed an Educational and Training Committee (ETC). This article will focus on the activities of the ETC. |
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