Helical tomotherapy for resected malignant pleural mesothelioma: dosimetric evaluation and toxicity.

Giraud, Philippe; Sylvestre, Alma; Zefkili, Sofia; Lisbona, Albert; Bonnette, Pierre; Le Pimpec Barthes, Françoise; Paris, Edouard; Perigaud, Christian et al. · Radiother Oncol · 2011

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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.

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