Whole breast external beam radiotherapy is an effective adjuvant treatment for early breast cancer, and was a key factor in the move from mastectomy to breast-conserving surgery for women with low-risk disease. The logical development from partial surgical removal of the breast is partial breast radiotherapy. Several methods of delivery have been investigated, but as yet none has been widely ac...

Standard treatment options for prostate cancer patients include surveillance, surgery, external-beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy, the combination of external-beam and brachytherapy, and the combination of radiotheraputic modalities with hormonal therapy, for appropriately chosen patients. Unfortunately, randomized data comparing these treatments are limited, which makes the determination of rel...

BACKGROUND Population-based patterns of care studies are important for monitoring cancer care but conducting them is expensive and resource-intensive. Linkage of routinely collected administrative health data may provide an efficient alternative. Our aim was to determine the accuracy of linked routinely collected administrative data for monitoring prostate cancer care in New South Wales (NSW), ...

Introduction: Individual oral stent is a mouth-opening device that used in head and neck cancer radiotherapy with the intention of decreasing radiation dose to health tissues. The aim of this study was to check the dose delivered to both the hard palate and tongue when patient uses the stent during radiotherapy of tongue carcinoma. Methods and materials<stron...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate conservative management of unilateral retinoblastoma using chemoreduction and focal treatment. DESIGN Prospective nonrandomized single-center clinical trial. SETTING Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa, in conjunction with the Division of Oncology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. PARTICIPANTS Thirt...

External-beam radiation therapy with intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy is the standard treatment modality for advanced cervical cancer; however, late gastrointestinal complications are a major concern after radiotherapy. While radiation proctitis is a well-known side effect and radiation oncologists make an effort to reduce it, the sigmoid colon is often neglected as an organ at risk. ...