We report a case of a 75-year old man that came at hematologist’s attention for lymphoma evaluation due to axillary lymph node enlargement and fever. Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (CECT) showed lymph nodes, spleen and liver lesions. Axillary lymph node biopsy was performed and the diagnosis of marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) at stage IV was postulated, then the p...

BACKGROUND Hodgkin's disease survivors have a high risk of subsequently developing thoracic cancers. Our goal was to evaluate the prognosis and treatment outcomes of thoracic cancers after Hodgkin's disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-three patients treated for Hodgkin's disease at Harvard-affiliated hospitals subsequently developed small-cell lung carcinoma, non-small-cell lung carcinoma (N...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) constitutes approximately 16% of all primary lung cancers, with more than 35,000 new cases per year. Two-thirds of patients present with extensive stage disease (ES-SCLC) due to a tendency to metastasize early. Outcomes remain poor, with a median survival of approximately 10 months and a two-year overall survival of <10%. Current recommendations call for combinatio...

Brass mesh bolus has been shown to be an acceptable substitute for tissue-equivalent bolus to increase superficial dose for chest wall tangent photon radiotherapy. This work investigated the increase in surface dose, the change in the dose at depth, and the safety implications of higher energy photon beams when using brass mesh bolus for postmastectomy chest wall radiotherapy. A photon tangent ...

In the follow-up study of adolescents residual volume (RV), vital capacity (VC), closing volume (CV), thorax height and thorax width were measured at six month intervals over a six year period; 149 girls and 477 boys, whose ages ranged between 11.5 and 18.5 yr during the follow-up, were investigated. In healthy subjects and in those with respiratory symptoms the rates of change of thoracic dime...

the objective of this study was to determine and compare cystatin c changes before and after radiotherapy in patients with stomach cancer who were candidate for radiotherapy. this study was conducted as a prospective cohort one. eighteen patients with definite diagnosis of stomach cancer under treatment by radiotherapy who presented to radiotherapy-oncology center of imam hossein hospital, tehr...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women, and the second cause of cancer mortality after pulmonary cancer in this gender. radiotherapy is one of the major treatments, which locally controls the disease and prohibits in recurrency. radiation pneumonitis is one of the radiotherapy complications, which usually occurs with...