Background: In unresectable metastatic rectal cancers, surgery of primary tumor remains highly debated. Pelvic Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) could allow sufficient local control in order to avoid major and sometimes mutilating surgery. Dose escalated CRT increase control. The aim this study was evaluate the feasibility tolerance a with radiation dose escalation using intensity modulated radiotherapy ...

Objective(s): We aim to investigate the clinical impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT in managing patients with gynecological malignancies and pelvic or extrapelvic lymph nodes that are of equivocal significance on conventional imaging.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 18F-FDG PET/CT scans of patients with gynecologic tumors who were referred to King Hussein Cancer Center from January 2010 to August 20...

background : fecal incontinence is defined as the involuntary loss of fecal material. fecal incontinence is a particularly embarrassing and distressing condition with significant medical, social and economic implications. the purpose of this article is to review the relevant the role of pelvic floor muscle dysfunction in fecal incontinence. materials and mthods : we performed a literature searc...

Chronic prostatitis is relatively common, with a lifetime prevalence of 1.8% to 8.2%. Risk factors include conditions that facilitate introduction of bacteria into the urethra and prostate (which also predispose the patient to urinary tract infections) and conditions that can lead to chronic neuropathic pain. Chronic prostatitis must be differentiated from other causes of chronic pelvic pain, s...

UGF is a small peptide present in the urines and tissues of patients with gynecologic cancers. Published research (which, at present, mainly comes from our laboratory) on the general application of UGF as a tumor marker, and on its use in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, is reviewed, and new studies on its use, alone and with CA125, in the management of patients with ovarian cancer, are present...

Radiotherapy of pelvic cancers may cause severe tissue injuries, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is one few treatment alternatives. As part a longitudinal, mixed-methods study, this study’s aim was to explore cancer survivors’ experiences undergoing such treatment. Using phenomenological-hermeneutical design, in-depth interviews 20 survivors were conducted analysed using systematic text co...

PURPOSE Determining and improving the accuracy of patient positioning in pelvic fields. METHODS AND MATERIALS Small pelvic fields were studied in 16 patients treated for urological cancers using a three-field isocentric technique. Large pelvic fields were studied in 17 gynecological cancer patients treated with anterior and posterior (AP-PA) parallel opposed fields. Quantitative analysis of 6...

Purpose: To analyze 68 Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT or PET/MR and delayed images in patients diagnosed with suspicion of prostate cancer, to explore the optimal use for initial diagnosis staging cancer. Methods: Images from conventional scan by Ga-PSMA whole-body followed pelvic were retrospectively analyzed. Prostatic uptake was measured as SUVmax1 (conventional 1 h post injection) SUVmax2 (delayed 3 in...

introduction: the use of traditional medicine has been emerged in the treatment of bps (bladder pain syndrome) due to its high prevalence and expenses and its insufficient treatment by conventional therapies. iranian traditional medicine has discussed such diseases. considering the signs and symptoms of bps and “reeh”, the proposed mechanism of flatulency as casualty of recurrent circulating pa...