Two-year clinical experience with tomotherapy: the French national cancer institute project on implementing new technology

Cancer Invest. 2011 Oct;29(8):557-63. doi: 10.3109/07357907.2011.606250. Epub 2011 Aug 15.

Abstract

The pooled 2-year clinical experience using three tomotherapy units installed in France in 2007 is presented. Treatment indications and protocols were devised for each disease site and were the result of a consensus. A total of 642 patients were treated for central nervous system, head and neck, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic tumors. Overall, grade 3, 4, and 5 acute toxicity was 10.7%, 0.3%, and 0.2%, respectively. Grade 3 chronic toxicity was 1.2%. There was no grade 4 or 5 chronic toxicity. The use of tomotherapy in a broad clinical practice is safe, and acute and chronic toxicity both are acceptable for all anatomical locations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / adverse effects
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*