Prophylactic radiotherapy for the prevention of procedure-tract metastases after surgical and large-bore pleural procedures in malignant pleural mesothelioma (SMART): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled trial

Prophylactic radiotherapy for the prevention of procedure-tract metastases after surgical and large-bore pleural procedures in malignant pleural mesothelioma (SMART): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled trial

<strong>Background</strong> The use of prophylactic radiotherapy to prevent procedure-tract metastases (PTMs) in malignant pleural mesothelioma remains controversial, and clinical practice varies worldwide. We aimed to compare prophylactic radiotherapy with deferred radiotherapy (given o...

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Glavni autori: Clive, A, Taylor, H, Dobson, L, Wilson, P, De Winton, E, Panakis, N, Pepperell, J, Howell, T, Stewart, SA, Penz, E, Jordan, N, Morley, A, Zahan-Evans, N, Smith, S, Batchelor, T, Marchbank, A, Bishop, L, Ionescu, A, Bayne, M, Cooper, S, Kerry, A, Jenkins, P, Toy, E, Vigneswaran, V, Gildersleve, J, Ahmed, M, McDonald, F, Button, M, Lewanski, C, Comins, C, Dakshinamoorthy, M, Lee, Y, Rahman, N, Maskell, N
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: Elsevier 2016

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