简介：摘要18F-脱氧葡萄糖(FDG) PET/CT显像通过反映乳腺癌细胞葡萄糖代谢水平以评价疗效，评价标准主要包括欧洲癌症研究和治疗组织(EORTC)标准和实体瘤疗效PET评价标准(PERCIST)。该文综述并比较了EORTC标准和PERCIST在局部晚期乳腺癌新辅助化疗与复发和(或)转移性乳腺癌系统性治疗临床疗效评价中的应用价值。

简介：ElenaMusat在最近的欧洲癌症杂志（EuropeanJournalofCancer）上发表一篇题目为“Qualityassuranceinbreastcancer：EORTCexperiencesinthephaseⅢtrialonirradiationoftheinternalmammarynodes”的文章。本文就其主要内容作一简单介绍。

简介：Objective:Theaimsofthiscross-sectionaldescriptivestudyweretoevaluatethequalityoflife(QoL)ofthelungcancerpatientsandtoinvestigatedifferencesinQoLwithrespecttogeneralandmedicalcharacteristics.Methods:Structuredquestionnaires(EORTCQLQ-C30andQLQ-LC13)wereusedamong106consecutivelungcancerpatientsfordatacollectionduring1Jan2002to31Dec2002.Thet-testandone-wayanalysisofvariance(ANOVA)wereusedtocomparedifferencesofQoLbetweenthefactorsata5%levelofsignificance.Results:Thestudyrevealedthatthequalityoflifeofthelungcancerpatientswereworsethanreferencevalue.Theyoung,maleandmarriedpatientgroupshadbetterQoL.PatientswithlowereducationorincomehadworseQoL.SmallcelllungcancerpatientsreportedpoorerQoLthannon-smallcelllungcancerpatients.ThequalityoflifeinpatientsatlatestageorwithmetastasishadworseQoL.Thetreatmentscouldworsenthequalityoflife.Whentheoutcomesofthefourtreatmentswerecompared,thesurgerygroupdisplayedthebestqualityoflifeandthecombinedtreatmentgroupdisplayedtheworstqualityoflife.Conclusion:Theresultsofthepresentstudyshowedimportantramificationsforclinicians,researchersandpolicy-makers.