squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is the most common malignancy of the oral cavity. this study aims to evaluate different treatment procedures including neo-adjuvant, concurrent and adjuvant therapy in treating squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck by a meta-analysis.the authors searched all electronic databases (medline, embase and cochrane) for all the articles published from 1970 to janua...

Present study was designed to evaluate potential risks and benefits of adjuvant radiotherapy in selected patients with intermediate-risk endometrial cancer. A total of 100 patients with stage IB grade II endometrial cancer followed up in Radiation Oncology Clinic at Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital were evaluated retrospectively to determine the influence of postsurgical adjuvant...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy have an established role in the management of high-risk patients. We discuss contemporary data on optimal timing and doses of radiotherapy, role of hormonal therapy and pelvis irradiation, and toxicity. RECENT FINDINGS Positive surgical margins are not predictive of reduced overall survival, even in patients treat...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the disease outcomes of patients treated with definitive and adjuvant radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinomas of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses in a single institution. METHODS Between 2007-2012 patients were retrospectively identified from electronic databases who had undergone surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy or definitive radiothe...

BACKGROUND There are only scarce data about the benefit of adjunctive chemotherapy in patients with localized synovial sarcoma (SS). PATIENTS AND METHODS Data from 237 SS patients recorded in the database of the French Sarcoma Group were retrospectively analyzed. The respective impact of radiotherapy, neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy on overall survival (OS), local recurren...

Aim: Radiotherapy, the most important adjuvant treatment modality for node-positive vulvar cancer, can cause severe lymphedema after inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy. To investigate the prognosis and toxicity outcomes of patients with node-positive vulvar cancer treated with surgery but not adjuvant radiotherapy. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of six patients who were treated at o...

INTRODUCTION This study examined whether there has been change among Australia-based urologists' knowledge, attitudes and beliefs relating to guideline-recommended adjuvant radiotherapy for men with adverse pathologic features following radical prostatectomy since a prior survey in 2012 and investigated associations between attitudes and treatment preferences. METHODS A nationwide survey of A...

Endometrial cancer generally has a good prognosis because most cases are diagnosed in stage I. It is possible to identify subgroups of patients with early-stage endometrial cancer with a poor prognosis. Despite a traditional generous use of adjuvant radiotherapy, these patients have five-year overall survival of approximately 80%. In this group there is a need for an effective systemic adjuvant...

BACKGROUND & AIMS This study is designed to analyze survival benefit of (neo-) adjuvant radiotherapy to patients with T2-3N0M0 stage esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). METHODS T2-3N0M0 stage EAC patients from 2004 to 2012 were searched from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data. Clinical factors including age, sex, race were summarized. Univariate, multivariate analysis, and...

Background: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a tumor composed of myofibroblasts and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate that rarely undergoes malignant transformation. The most common sites of involvement include the lung, liver and orbit, but it has been reported to occur in nearly every site of the body, including oral cavity and soft tissue. Although common in other sites, such a tumo...