BACKGROUND The authors performed a systematic review of the literature on the outcome of therapy for patients with breast cancer who underwent adjuvant radiotherapy after an immediate two-stage prosthetic breast reconstruction, either following tissue expansion (stage 1) or after removal of the tissue expander and insertion of a final breast implant (stage 2). Their outcomes were compared to th...

Solitary plasmacytoma of bone is a rare malignant tumor mostly involving the axial skeleton. The tumor occurs in middle- aged or elderly people (mean age: 55 years) and has a high risk of progression to multiple myeloma. Radiotherapy is the preferred treatment for this disease. We report a case of recurrent solitary plasmacytoma of the fourth lumbar vertebra in a 35-year-old male. The patient s...

Between May 2002 and August 2010, a total of 38 patients, who were clinically diagnosed as, but without surgical biopsy confirmation, intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs) were treated at our Cancer Center. The patients were grouped into chemotherapy(n 1⁄4 21 ), radiotherapy(n 1⁄4 5), and stereotactic radiotherapy (n 1⁄4 12) based on the primary treatment. Median age of the patients at diagnosis...

background : the use of shorter radiotherapy schedules has an economic and logistic advantage for radiotherapy departments, as well as a high degree of patient convenience. the aim of this study is to assess the acute and short-term late toxicities of a hypofractionated radiotherapy schedule with a concomitant boost. methods : we enrolled 57 eligible patients as group a. these patients received...

BACKGROUND Adjuvant radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery is indicated in the vast majority of breast cancer patients. Conventionally fractionated radiotherapy with 50 Gy in 25 fractions was considered standard of care for several decades. The recently publishes long-term results of randomized trials that have tested different moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy schedules that may c...

Adenoid cyst carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon facial tumor and challenging to treat; surgical treatment due its localization. A 49-year-old Latin female patient with a one-year history of soft tissue-depending mass slow growth in the right maxillary region. Laboratory tests reported normal. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed tumor. Patient underwent resection by Weber-Fergusson approach...

Objective: The impact of adjuvant radiotherapy on overall survival (OS) and progression-free (PFS) patients with grade II spinal cord astrocytomas remains controversial. Additionally, the relationship between progression clinical deterioration after has not been well investigated.Methods: This study included 53 intramedullary treated by either subtotal, partial resection or open biopsy. Their p...

PURPOSE The purpose of this guideline is to provide a clinical framework for the use of radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy as adjuvant or salvage therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic literature review using the PubMed®, Embase, and Cochrane databases was conducted to identify peer-reviewed publications relevant to the use of radiotherapy after prostatectomy. The review yielded 29...

best treatment option, although, there is no common consent on optimal therapy for advanced prostate cancer. case presentation: the present study reports a case of 75 year-old man who had a huge heterogeneous soft tissue mass lesion with non-homogeneous enhancement consisted low attenuated foci occupying pelvis cavity and lower abdomen with loss of mesenteric fat and invasion to posterior bladd...

Kaur et al 1 have produced a timely systematic review on the role of adjuvant radiotherapy for atypical meningioma (AM) and malignant meningioma. Their review highlights the paucity of good quality prospective studies and the urgent need for prospective clinical trials for AM. Kaur et al 1 identify extent of resection (EOR) as an important prognostic factor but fail to comment on how this was d...