Anal cancer is a relatively rare malignancy, and a minority of patients present with metastatic disease in the United States. The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was used to identify factors associated with metastatic disease at presentation and evaluate the role of pelvic radiotherapy in these patients. The NCDB was queried for patients with squamous cell cancer of the anus diagnosed between 2...

This study aims to determine the effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise (PMFE) on urinary incontinence and quality life (QOL) in post-radical prostatectomy prostate cancer patients. research method is a systematic review by searching literature through several indexed electronic databases (Scopus, Science Direct, CINAHL, PubMed, ProQuest, SAGE, Springer Link). The results were obtained from 10 ...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to assess the clinical outcomes of pelvic exenteration for patients with primary locally advanced colorectal cancer (LACRC) or locally recurrent colorectal cancer (LRCRC), and to identify clinically relevant prognostic factors. METHODS Between January 2001 and December 2010, 40 consecutive patients with primary LACRC or LRCRC underwent pelvic exenterati...

BACKGROUND The 3D laparoscopy systems and robotic systems have been introduced into clinical practice for a few years. But the comparison of robotic and 3D laparoscopic gynecologic surgery is still needed. OBJECTIVE To retrospectively compare the learning curves of robotic and 3D laparoscopic hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer. STUDY DESIGN The operational duration, ...

Thus far, the role of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) after radical cystectomy (RC) in urinary bladder cancer patients has yet to be defined. The purpose of this study is to analyze patterns of failure, and suggest the rationale for RT. Between 1986 and 2005, a total of 259 patients treated with RC and pelvic lymph node dissection was enrolled. The age range was 27-82 yr (median, 62 yr). Node positi...

Received June 2008 Accepted August 2008 INTRODUCTION Pelvic irradiation is known to cause several complications involving urinary bladder such as radiation cystitis, ulceration, and incontinence.(1,2) Spontaneous intraperitoneal rupture of the urinary bladder is a rare complication following pelvic irradiation.(3-5) To the best of our knowledge, there is only one report of radiation-induced bla...

A 35-year-old woman underwent laparoscopic radical hysterectomy, pelvic lymphadenectomy and ovarian transposition for stage IB2 cervical adenocarcinoma. She received adjuvant concurrent chemoradiation for poor pathologic risk factors but had tumor recurrence 20 months after the surgery. Transposed ovaries were uninvolved in the recurrence and progression. Salvage chemotherapy and radiotherapy w...

The exact incidence of lower urinary tract dysfunction is not known and its pathogenesis is not completely understood. Advances in urodynamic assessment and widespread availability of a standardized technique have facilitated its exploration prior to and subsequent to the surgical management of patients with gynecologic pelvic cancer. We performed a PubMed and Medline literature search using th...

This study evaluated the oncologic outcomes and complications of cervical cancer patients in terms of CT-based image-guided brachytherapy (IGBT) parameters. Of 68 cervical cancer patients treated with definitive radiotherapy/concurrent chemoradiotherapy, most received whole-pelvis external beam RT (EBRT) of 40 Gy in 20 fractions, pelvic EBRT with central shield of 10 Gy in 5 fractions, and CT-b...

INTRODUCTION: The prognosis of patients with persistent or recurrent cervical cancer (CC) is poor, and patient selection for exenterative surgery challenging. aim this study was to determine the outcomes undergoing pelvic exenteration (PE) CC after treatment radiotherapy in Belarus. METHODS: A retrospective performed 22 who underwent supralevator PE from 2006 2...