Comment on Clinical Trial NCT00950001 and NCCTG/N107C/CEC.3: Are We Treating Cancer or Water?

• 作者: Junfang Gao
• 来源期刊: 医学物理学、临床工程、放射肿瘤学(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: NCT00950001 NCCTG/N107C/CEC.3
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 12-15
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

During the implementation of clinical trials NCT00950001 and NCCTG/N107C/CEC.3 on post-operative stereotactic radiosurgery into clinic, it brought us some thinking of fundamental concept in science that the local control rate and survival rate rely on the treatment of marginal region more than resection cavity. Marginal region might still contain residual cancer cell while the resection cavity contains only water fluid most time. Radiation treatment should focus more on the margin rather than the cavity, thus treating cancer rather than water.