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Species | Andre FortinSummaryAffiliation: University of Montreal Country: Canada Publications
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Markers of neck failure in oral cavity and oropharyngeal carcinomas treated with radiotherapyA Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology, de l Université Laval, L H tel Dieu de Québec, PQ, Canada
Head Neck 23:87-93. 2001..Neck management after radiotherapy remains controversial. It is not clear which patients may benefit from postradiotherapy neck dissection. Biologic markers may be useful in this setting...- The impact of the number of excised axillary nodes and of the percentage of involved nodes on regional nodal failure in patients treated by breast-conserving surgery with or without regional irradiationAndre Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65:33-9. 2006..This number is dependent on the number of nodes removed during the axillary dissection. This study examines whether the percentage of positive nodes may help to select patients for regional radiotherapy... 
Effect of pretreatment anemia on treatment outcome of concurrent radiochemotherapy in patients with head and neck cancerAndre Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72:255-60. 2008..To investigate the effect of anemia on outcome of treatment with radiochemotherapy in patients with head-and-neck cancer...- A comparison of treatment outcomes by radiochemotherapy and postoperative radiotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinomas of head and neckAndre Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Am J Clin Oncol 31:379-83. 2008..To investigate the treatment outcomes by concomitant radiochemotherapy (CHEMORAD), and by surgery and postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancers... - Impact of locoregional radiotherapy in node-positive patients treated by breast-conservative treatmentAndre Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec Hospital, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56:1013-22. 2003..The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of locoregional radiation in node-positive patients treated by tumorectomy and radiation therapy... - Effect of treatment delay on outcome of patients with early-stage head-and-neck carcinoma receiving radical radiotherapyAndre Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology, Laval University Cancer Research Center, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 52:929-36. 2002..The aim of the present study was to analyze the impact of delaying treatment on the outcome of patients with early head-and-neck squamous cell carcinomas... - Influence of smoking and alcohol drinking behaviors on treatment outcomes of patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neckAndre Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, PQ, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 74:1062-9. 2009..To retrospectively evaluate the prognostic value of smoking and drinking status in patients with head-and-neck squamous cell carcinomas... - Does histologic grade have a role in the management of head and neck cancers?A Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology and Department of Pathology, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Canada
J Clin Oncol 19:4107-16. 2001..The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of histologic grade as an independent predictor of DM and to determine a subgroup of patients who may benefit from systemic chemotherapy... - Outcome of patients treated with cobalt and 6 MV in head and neck cancersA Fortin
Department of Radiation Oncology, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, PQ, Canada
Head Neck 23:181-8. 2001..Since 1992, we have been using a 6-MV linear accelerator instead of a cobalt machine. The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of this on neck control, particularly on postoperative patients in which subcutaneous tissues are at risk... - Prognostic significance of cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression in glottic cancerMelanie K Sackett
Pathology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Clin Cancer Res 14:67-73. 2008..However, the role of COX-2 overexpression in head and neck cancers remains undetermined. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether COX-2 is a prognostic factor in glottic cancer... - Interaction between antioxidant vitamin supplementation and cigarette smoking during radiation therapy in relation to long-term effects on recurrence and mortality: a randomized trial among head and neck cancer patientsFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Int J Cancer 122:1679-83. 2008..Particular attention should be devoted to prevent patients from both smoking and taking antioxidant supplements during radiation therapy... - Predictors of severe acute and late toxicities in patients with localized head-and-neck cancer treated with radiation therapyFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:1454-62. 2012..In a large cohort of patients treated with RT for localized head and neck cancer (HNC), we prospectively assessed the occurrence of RT-induced acute and late toxicities and identified characteristics that predicted these toxicities... - Influence of smoking status on treatment outcomes after post-operative radiation therapy for non-small-cell lung cancerSonia K A Nguyen
Department of Radiation Oncology, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Canada
Radiother Oncol 96:89-93. 2010..Modifiable factors, like smoking, may help guide therapy. We retrospectively evaluated the impact of smoking on control in patients undergoing post-operative radiation therapy (PORT) for NSCLC... - Predictors of weight loss during radiotherapy in patients with stage I or II head and neck cancerAlice Nourissat
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Laval University Cancer Research Center, Chuq Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Cancer 116:2275-83. 2010..The purpose of the study was to identify predictors of weight loss during radiotherapy (RT) in patients with stage I or II head and neck (HN) cancer... - Delaying post-operative radiotherapy may increase risk of local recurrence in people with breast cancerAndre Fortin
Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec City, Canada
Cancer Treat Rev 29:441-3. 2003 - Postoperative radiotherapy for lung cancer: improvement in locoregional control using three-dimensional compared with two-dimensional techniqueLaurence Masson-Côté
Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80:686-91. 2011..To determine whether lung cancer patients treated with three-dimensional (3D) postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) have more favorable outcomes than those treated with two-dimensional (2D) PORT... - Health-related quality of life as a survival predictor for patients with localized head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapyFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, CHUQ HDQ, Quebec, Canada
J Clin Oncol 27:2970-6. 2009..To assess the added prognostic value for overall survival (OS) of baseline health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and of early changes in HRQOL among patients with localized head and neck cancer (HNC) treated with radiation therapy... - p53 and Ki-67 as markers of radioresistance in head and neck carcinomaChristian Couture
Service de Pathologie, CHUQ, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Cancer 94:713-22. 2002..p53 and Ki-67 are regarded as potential interesting predictors of radioresistance, although their exact influence awaits confirmation on a large cohort of uniformly treated patients... - Clinical outcome of adjuvant treatment of endometrial cancer using aperture-based intensity-modulated radiotherapyMyriam Bouchard
Département de Radio oncologie et Centre de Recherche de L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, L Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71:1343-50. 2008..To assess disease control and acute and chronic toxicity with aperture-based intensity-modulated radiotherapy (AB-IMRT) for postoperative pelvic irradiation of endometrial cancer... - Acute adverse effects of radiation therapy and local recurrence in relation to dietary and plasma beta carotene and alpha tocopherol in head and neck cancer patientsFrancois Meyer
Laval University Cancer Research Center, Quebec, Canada
Nutr Cancer 59:29-35. 2007..This study suggests that a higher usual dietary beta carotene intake can reduce the occurrence of severe adverse effects of radiation therapy and decrease local cancer recurrence... - The efficacy and sequencing of a short course of androgen suppression on freedom from biochemical failure when administered with radiation therapy for T2-T3 prostate cancerJacques Laverdiere
Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
J Urol 171:1137-40. 2004..We evaluated the benefits and sequencing of androgen suppression (AS) administered with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in T2-T3 prostate cancers... - Individualized margins in 3D conformal radiotherapy planning for lung cancer: analysis of physiological movements and their dosimetric impactsFrançois Germain
Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Med Dosim 33:48-54. 2008..In conformal RT planning for the treatment of lung cancer, the use of serial CT scans to evaluate respiratory motion and to generate individualized margins to account for these motions produced only a limited lung sparing advantage...