Dr. Éric Vigneault is a radiation oncologist-clinician in the Department of Radiation Oncology at CHUQ, and a researcher in the oncology axis of the CHU Research Centre of Laval University-Quebec, affiliated with the Centre for Cancer Research at Laval University.
He is also Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine at Laval University. Dr. Vigneault has been actively involved in the development of the first Iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy program in Canada, and is the pioneer of high dose-rate, non-permanent brachytherapy in Canada. He is the principal investigator of randomized phase II CCTG studies, comparing HDR brachytherapy with conventional radiotherapy in the treatment of intermediate-risk prostatic cancers (PR15), and comparing HDR brachytherapy with LDR monotherapy (PR19).
Dr. Vigneault is deeply involved at the national level, including as the former President of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists, as a member of the Steering Committee of the Canadian Urologic Oncology Group (CUOG), as well as internationally as the Associate Editor of the Brachytherapy journal.
Since 2015, he holds the Research Chair in Image-guided Brachytherapy, whose mission is to integrate technological advances in the field of imaging, computer science, dosimetry optimization, radioactive source implantation systems, as well as clinical expertise to improve brachytherapy treatments for solid tumors, thereby promoting a better therapeutic ratio – i.e., an increase in tumor control and a decrease in toxicity. This research Chair is part of Laval University’s Program for the Advancement of Innovation, Research and Teaching, which aims to create a research environment that stimulates innovation, inventiveness and creativity among research professors.
The objectives of the Chair are:
- Improve the integration of real-time imaging, implantation and dosimetry systems to improve the quality and accuracy of radioactive material implantation in cancers.
- Develop protocols for treating tumor sites by brachytherapy.
- Promote clinical research to evaluate and compare tumor controls, toxicities, and quality of life assessment with conventional treatment, including dissemination of results and knowledge transfer;
- Promote the education and training of graduate students and fellows in the field of brachytherapy;
- Develop clinical databases of tissue banks collected to support translational research.
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US-guided EM tracked system for HDR brachytherapy: A first in-men randomized study for whole prostate treatment
Journal ArticleBrachytherapy, 2023.
Genomic Classifier Performance in Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: Results From NRG Oncology/RTOG 0126 Randomized Phase 3 Trial
Journal ArticleInt J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 117 (2), 2023.
Salvage prostate brachytherapy in radiorecurrent prostate cancer: An international Delphi consensus study
Journal ArticleRadiother Oncol, 184 , 2023.
Comparison of four-year toxicities and local control of ultra-hypofractionated vs moderate-hypofractionated image guided prostate radiation with HDR brachytherapy boost: A phase I-II single institution trial
Journal ArticleClin Transl Radiat Oncol, 40 , 2023.
A Monte Carlo dose recalculation pipeline for durable datasets: an I-125 LDR prostate brachytherapy use case
Journal ArticlePhys Med Biol, 68 (23), 2023.
GEC-ESTRO (ACROP)-ABS-CBG Consensus Brachytherapy Target Definition Guidelines for Recurrent Endometrial and Cervical Tumors in the Vagina
Journal ArticleInt J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 115 (3), 2023.
Quality of Life Implications of Dose-Escalated External Beam Radiation for Localized Prostate Cancer: Results of a Prospective Randomized Phase 3 Clinical Trial, NRG/RTOG 0126
Journal ArticleInt J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 112 (1), 2022.
Inter-observer evaluation of a GPU-based multicriteria optimization algorithm combined with plan navigation tools for HDR brachytherapy
Journal ArticleBrachytherapy, 21 (4), 2022.
Salvage Low-Dose-Rate Prostate Brachytherapy: Clinical Outcomes of a Phase 2 Trial for Local Recurrence after External Beam Radiation Therapy (NRG Oncology/RTOG 0526)
Journal ArticleInt J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 112 (5), 2022.
Mapping the Current State of Canadian Medical School Oncology Interest Groups
Journal ArticleJ Cancer Educ, 37 (1), 2022.
Active projects
- Chaire de recherche sur la curiethérapie guidée par imagerie (phase 2), from 2022-11-01 to 2029-10-31
- Phase 2 randomized pilot study on the impacts of diet, cellular nutrition and physical activity on hormone therapy toxicity., from 2023-08-31 to 2024-08-30
- The impact of Monte Carlo dose calculations on prostate and breast low-dose rate brachytherapy dose-outcome relationships and radiobiological modeling, from 2020-10-01 to 2025-09-30
Recently finished projects
- Chaire de recherche sur la curiethérapie guidée par imagerie, from 2015-05-01 to 2023-03-31