non-hodgkin's lymphoma is the 3rd most common cancers in children. in the present study, to determine pathological and clinical features of this cancer, we reviewed records of 84 cases of non-hodgkin's lymphoma who were admitted to ali asghar and bahrami children hospitals from 1989 to 1996. 59% of cases had small non-cleaved cell (sncc) subtype of disease. 15% were lymphoblastic and ...

desmoplastic small round cell tumor is a rare malignant tumor that occurs primarily in young males. here, a case of small round cell tumor in an adult male successfully treated with a curative concurrent chemoradiotherapy is presented. a 58-year-old man had an intrapelvic tumor. surgical resection was attempted, but the tumor was unresectable. needle biopsy was performed and the diagnosis was s...

primary small cell carcinoma of the ureter is an extremely rare disease, only several cases have been reported worldwide so far. we report a 70-year-old woman who was examined with intravenous urography and abdominal computed tomography and was diagnosed as small cell carcinoma confirmed by pathology. we describe and discuss the urography and computed tomography findings of this case.

conclusions there were no significant differences in the survival rates and short-term postoperative complications between the laparoscopic partial nephrectomy group and the laparoscopic radical nephrectomy group for small rcc, but the former was slightly more effective. background renal cell carcinoma (rcc) is a common malignancy of the urinary system with high rates of morbidity and mortality...

Ovarian small cell carcinoma is a rare and highly malignant tumor with poor prognosis. It usually presents in younger females with features of hypercalcemia. The exact histogenesis of the tumor is unclear and it may present as an undifferentiated tumor. In such cases, immunohistochemistry (IHC) plays an important role to confirm the diagnosis. Limited treatment options are available and mainly ...

following the first report of laryngeal small cell carcinoma in canada in 1972,only 82 cases of this cancer has been reported in the literature untill 2001.this cancer originates from laryngeal neuroendocrine cells.It,s clinical presentation consists of hoarseness,breathing difficulty:and cigarette smoking is the most important risk factor.this type of cancer is mostly presented after 50 years ...

background: to determine which radiotherapy parameters are associated with the tumor response of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc) patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy. materials and methods: thirty one patients with iiia/iiib nsclc underwent chemoradiotherapy with a median dose of 63 gy. on our actual treatments, we made radiotherapy planning to cover the planning...

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor is a rare malignant tumor that occurs primarily in young males. Here, a case of small round cell tumor in an adult male successfully treated with a curative concurrent chemoradiotherapy is presented. A 58-year-old man had an intrapelvic tumor. Surgical resection was attempted, but the tumor was unresectable. Needle biopsy was performed and the diagno...