OBJECTIVE The effect of heparinoid moisturizer use after acute skin damage for patients receiving whole-breast radiotherapy after lumpectomy is understudied. METHODS A total of 30 patients were randomly assigned to receive heparinoid moisturizer (Group M), and 32 patients comprised the control group (Group C). Patients in Group M were instructed to apply heparinoid moisturizer from 2 weeks fo...

BACKGROUND Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) rarely relapses in extracranial sites, and no specialized guidelines for follow-up evaluation have been proposed. METHODS We analyzed 65 patients with newly diagnosed PNCSL to evaluate the pattern of relapse and prognostic factors. RESULTS Of the 65 patients analyzed, 55 had only parenchymal brain disease, and 10 had both intracrani...

We retrospectively analyzed patients with brain metastasis from lung cancer to evaluate treatment modalities for metastatic brain tumors and to devise criteria for individualized treatment plans. Between October, 1986 and December, 1994, 90 patients were selected for this study. The majority (67.8%) received whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) alone. WBRT following surgical removal was carried out ...

background: we aimed to compare field-in-field technique (fif) with conformal tangential field radiotherapy (crt) in terms of dosimetric benefits for early stage breast cancer radiotherapy. materials and methods: twenty consecutive left-side breast cancer patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery were included to the study. for each patient, two different treatment plans were created for...

UNLABELLED Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast is a very rare neoplasm. We report a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the right breast presented with painless lump in the upper outer quadrant managed with lumpectomy, axillary lymph node staging and adjuvant local external radiotherapy to the whole breast with simultaneous integrated boost to the site of primary disease using respiratory ga...

PURPOSE This study was performed to assess frequency, timings of occurrence, and predictors of radiologic lung damage (RLD) after forward-planned intensity-modulated radiotherapy (FIMRT) for whole breast irradiation. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 157 breast cancer patients and each of their serial chest computed tomography (CT) taken 4, 10, 16, and 22 months after com...

Context: Increased survival of patients with cancer raises the need to pay attention long-term side effects. Patients brain metastasis experienced cognition failure after whole-brain radiotherapy. This review aimed at concluding efficacy Memantine in preserving cognitive function by reducing toxicity radiotherapy for metastatic cancers. Evidence Acquisition: Published studies evaluating memanti...

BACKGROUND An important issue in palliative radiation oncology is the whether whole-brain radiotherapy should be added to radiosurgery when treating a limited number of brain metastases. To optimize personalized treatment of cancer patients with brain metastases, the value of whole-brain radiotherapy should be described separately for each tumor entity. This study investigated the role of whole...