Why actuarial estimates should be used in reporting late normal-tissue effects of cancer treatment ... now!

Review

S M Bentzen et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1995.

. 1995 Jul 30;32(5):1531-4.

doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)00262-W.

No abstract available

Comment in

In response to Bentzen et al., IJROBP 32:1531-1534; 1995.
Caplan RJ, Pajak TF, Cox JD. Caplan RJ, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1995 Jul 30;32(5):1547. doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)99002-W. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1995. PMID: 7635803 No abstract available.
Regarding actuarial late effect analyses: Bentzen et al., IJROBP 32:1531-1534; 1995 and Caplan et al., IJROBP 32:1547; 1995.
Denham JW, Hamilton CS, O'Brien P. Denham JW, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996 Apr 1;35(1):197. doi: 10.1016/s0360-3016(96)85032-2. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996. PMID: 8641920 No abstract available.
Re: Caplan et al. IJROBP 29:1183-1186; 1994, and Bentzen et al. IJROBP 32:1531-1534; 1995.
Chappell R. Chappell R. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996 Nov 1;36(4):988-9. doi: 10.1016/s0360-3016(97)89873-2. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996. PMID: 8960538 No abstract available.
A Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) phase III randomized study to compare hyperfractionation and two variants of accelerated fractionation to standard-fractionation radiotherapy for head-and-neck squamous cell carcinomas: first report of RTOG 9003: in regard to Fu et al. IJROBP 2000;48:7-16. Actuarial estimates of late normal-tissue effects...now!
Dubben HH, Beck-Bornholdt HP. Dubben HH, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001 Oct 1;51(2):563. doi: 10.1016/s0360-3016(01)01661-3. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001. PMID: 11579925 No abstract available.

Time course and incidence of late complications in patients treated with radiation therapy for FIGO stage IB carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
Eifel PJ, Levenback C, Wharton JT, Oswald MJ. Eifel PJ, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1995 Jul 30;32(5):1289-300. doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)00118-I. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1995. PMID: 7635768