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Reporting of late morbidity after radiotherapy in locally advanced cervix cancer: severity and duration of physician and patient reported symptoms
2021.08.26 |
| Date | Fri 10 Sep |
| Time | 15:00 — 17:00 |
| Location | Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, entrance C, level 1, Auditorium C114-101, 8200 Aarhus N |
On Friday 10 September at 15:00, Anders Schwartz Vittrup defends his PhD dissertation entitled "Reporting of late morbidity after radiotherapy in locally advanced cervix cancer: severity and duration of physician and patient reported symptoms".
Definitive treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer involves chemoradiation followed by brachytherapy (internal radiation). During the last decades, the treatment has evolved and impressive local control and survival rates have been achieved. The efficacy of the treatment has generated a growing number of cervical cancer survivors, at risk of living with treatment-related late morbidity potentially for the remainder of their lives. However, the reporting of late morbidity after radiotherapy is challenged by the vast number of endpoints with various manifestations patterns over time amounting to different grades of severity. In particular, the duration of morbidity remains a challenge when morbidity is reported. In a new PhD project from the faculty of Health, Aarhus University, the late side effects after definitive chemoradiotherapy of locally advanced cervical cancer are investigated. The project addresses methodological challenges for reporting late morbidity after radiotherapy. A new methodology (LAPERS) that identifies patients with persistent symptoms is introduced and implemented to patient-reported symptoms within the setting of a large prospective observational study (EMBRACE). Finally, an overview of physician-assessed severe morbidity in the EMBRACE study is provided.
The summary is written by the PhD student.
The defence is public and takes place at Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, entrance C, level 1, Auditorium C114-101, 8200 Aarhus N. Please read the attached press release for more information.
PhD student Anders Schwartz Vittrup
Mail: Anders.Schwartz.Vittrup@rm.dk
Phone: (+45) 26144873