Delivery of therapeutic radiation in multiple sessions, or fractions, has been practiced since the discovery of radiation’s potential to cure malignancies. Initially, this was done out of practical necessity: Radiation was delivered at a low dose rate, and the treatment sessions had to be repeated to obtain the desired effect. Technologic improvements eventually allowed for treatments in one se...

1 Gate-UMR 58234, University of Lyon, Lyon, France, 2 Leon Berard Cancer Centre, Lyon, France, 3 Institut Régional de Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 4 Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France, 5 Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France, 6 Institut Sainte Catherine, Avignon, France, 7 Centre René Gauducheau, Saint Herblain, France, 8 Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, France, 9 Institut...

Species diagnosis in Trogolaphysa has been based, until now, almost exclusively on number of eyes and shape of claws and mucro. Chaetotaxy, a character system important to diagnose species in other genera of scaled Entomobryoidea, has been described only for a few Trogolaphysa species. Here the complete dorsal chaetotaxy of six species of Trogolaphysa is described using the AMS and Szeptycki's ...

There is continuing debate about whether radiation therapy or surgery, with or without laser, is the superior treatment for early glottic cancer. The evidence to date has been insufficient to resolve the controversies, particularly because of the paucity of prospective randomized trials. Furthermore, opinions about optimal therapy have been demonstrated to vary across disciplines1 and between c...

This article is a continuation of the "Do You Know Your Guidelines" series, an initiative of the American Head and Neck Society's Education Committee to increase awareness of current best practices pertaining to head and neck cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for the management of nasopharyngeal cancer are reviewed here in a systematic fashion. These guidelines outlin...