Both journals are anchored in large scientific societies and serve basically the same medical , physical and biological community and at the same scientific level ; the two journals are in the most recent Impact Factor list ranked almost back to back , indicating an equal importance and contribution to science .
Radiotherapy and Oncology is more than a scientific journal , it also serves other purpose s such as facilitate education through ( educational ) review s and improving the st and ard of care by bringing forward guidelines for conduct of radiotherapy .
Finally , the journal also tries to maintain a communication platform between the science produced by the membership of ESTRO and therefore it brings papers frommembers in the different European countries , sometimes at the expense of ultimate scientific quality , but with the underst and ing that it is important that the entire ESTRO membership gets access and opportunity to publish in a high ranked journal .
ESTRO , the European Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology , or with its new name European Society for Radiation Oncology , is a scientific society .
It means that the prime aim of ESTRO is to bring to bring people together on an individual basis who have a common interest in improving the scientific conduct of radiotherapy and cancer treatment in Europe by ensuring that proper radiotherapy is available in the multidisciplinary treatment of cancer and applied with the right indication and with the most optimal technique .
One of the main aims of this endeavour was to create a platform for scientific exchange through meetings and through the establishment of a scientific journal [ 1 ] .
Thus Radiotherapy and Oncology was launched shortly after the foundation of ESTRO and has become the society ’s prime vehicle for scientific communication by serving ESTRO members through almost the entire 30 years of the society ’s existence .
The aim was to create a peer review ed high quality international journal and that aim has indeed been fulfilled . ‘ ‘
Time to loco-regional recurrence after resection of Dukes' B and C colorectal cancer with or without adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy. A multivariate regression analysis.
Factors influencing time to loco-regional recurrence were identified in a multivariate regression analysis of data from a series of 468 radically operated patients ( 260 Dukes ' B and 208 Dukes ' C ) with carcinoma of the rectum and the rectosigmoid . A number of clinical and pathological characteristics were prospect ively collected and recorded . In addition , carcinoembryonic antigen ( CEA ) was measured within 1 week before surgery . The endpoint used was recurrence below the level of the umbilicus . All patients were followed for at least 5 years or until time of death . The two Dukes ' stages B and C were analysed in two separate analyses using the Cox proportional hazards model . In patients with Dukes ' B tumours , an increased risk of loco-regional recurrence was associated with perineural invasion , tumour located less than 10 cm from the anal verge , patient aged above 70 years , and small tumour size . In patients with Dukes ' C tumours , the necessity to resect neighbour organs , perineural and venous invasion , tumour located less than 10 cm from the anal verge , and large tumour size were all associated with a poor loco-regional outcome . Postoperative radiotherapy was not a significant prognosticator for loco-regional control . An up date of the 5-year results of the r and omised study of post-operative radiotherapy ( 50 Gy with 2 Gy per fraction in an overall treatment time of 7 weeks ) showed no survival benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy in either Dukes ' category and no statistically significant improvement in the 5-year loco-regional control rate . However , when the comparison was restricted to a group of high-risk patients there was a statistically significant benefit from radiotherapy with respect to loco-regional control ( P = 0.03 ) but not with respect to survival ( P = 0.23 ) . The potential advantage , in terms of the required number of patients , of restricting clinical trials of intensified loco-regional therapies to the high-risk patients , is illustrated
Both journals are anchored in large scientific societies and serve basically the same medical , physical and biological community and at the same scientific level ; the two journals are in the most recent Impact Factor list ranked almost back to back , indicating an equal importance and contribution to science .
Radiotherapy and Oncology is more than a scientific journal , it also serves other purpose s such as facilitate education through ( educational ) review s and improving the st and ard of care by bringing forward guidelines for conduct of radiotherapy .
Finally , the journal also tries to maintain a communication platform between the science produced by the membership of ESTRO and therefore it brings papers frommembers in the different European countries , sometimes at the expense of ultimate scientific quality , but with the underst and ing that it is important that the entire ESTRO membership gets access and opportunity to publish in a high ranked journal .
ESTRO , the European Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology , or with its new name European Society for Radiation Oncology , is a scientific society .
It means that the prime aim of ESTRO is to bring to bring people together on an individual basis who have a common interest in improving the scientific conduct of radiotherapy and cancer treatment in Europe by ensuring that proper radiotherapy is available in the multidisciplinary treatment of cancer and applied with the right indication and with the most optimal technique .
One of the main aims of this endeavour was to create a platform for scientific exchange through meetings and through the establishment of a scientific journal [ 1 ] .
Thus Radiotherapy and Oncology was launched shortly after the foundation of ESTRO and has become the society ’s prime vehicle for scientific communication by serving ESTRO members through almost the entire 30 years of the society ’s existence .
The aim was to create a peer review ed high quality international journal and that aim has indeed been fulfilled . ‘ ‘