Bahman Emami

TL;DR: In this article, a phase III prospective, randomized, and stratified trial was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of four courses of combined fluorouracil (1000 mg per square meter of body-surface area daily for four days) and cisplatin (75 mg persquare meter on the first day) plus 5000 cGy of radiation therapy, as compared with 6400 cGyof radiation therapy alone, in patients with squamous-cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma of the thoracic esophagus.

TL;DR: The V20 from the total lung DVH is a useful parameter easily obtained from most 3D treatment planning systems and may be useful in comparing competing treatment plans to evaluate the risk of pneumonitis for individual patient treatment.

TL;DR: It is concluded that cisplatin and 5FU infusion given during and post-RT of 50 Gy is statistically superior to standard 64-Gy RT alone in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer.

TL;DR: In "good-risk" patients with surgically unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer, induction chemotherapy followed by irradiation was superior to hyperfractionated radiation therapy or standard radiation therapy alone, yielding a statistically significant short-term survival advantage.

TL;DR: The objective of the present article is to present the consensus guidelines for the delineation of the node levels in the node-negative neck, and representative CTVs that are consistent with these guidelines are illustrated on CT sections.