Abstract AIMS Brain metastases result in considerable morbidity and mortality. Modern treatment strategies are increasingly omitting radiation therapy after surgical resection of these tumours. We investigated the rate local recurrence patients who had undergone surgery for brain metastasis a single-institution study compared it to literature through comprehensive meta-analysis. METHOD Patients...

HYPOTHESIS Selected clinicopathologic characteristics of locally treated rectal cancers are predictive of recurrence. DESIGN Case series review with median follow-up of 6 years. SETTING University medical center. PATIENTS Fifty-eight patients with rectal cancer who underwent local excisions from February 1, 1982, to December 31, 1998. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Local and distant recurrence r...

objectives our objectives were to determine if: 1) imaging pattern at recurrence is associated with delayed diagnosis, and 2) appearance at recurrence can be predicted based on appearance at presentation. conclusion imaging appearance at baseline does not reliably predict imaging appearance at recurrence. therefore, a high index of suspicion for the infiltrative pattern is required in assessmen...

description of a rare recurrent gartner’s duct cyst associated with yeast infection in a crossbred heifer isreported. the recurrence was caused by uncontrolled yeast infection that showed in vitro sensitivity tooxytetracycline. administration of local clotrimazole and systemic oxytetracycline as per recommendedtherapeutic dose regime resulted in complete recovery.

Patterns of recurrent disease were analysed in 603 patients with breast cancer. The time of onset, frequency of recurrence, and survival after recurrence were not influenced by age or menopausal state. While survival after local recurrence was longer than survival after distant metastasis, the time to onset of local and distant disease followed an identical pattern, indicating that local recurr...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this present study was to investigate risk factors for local recurrence and death after total laryngectomy, with particular emphasis on pattern of local recurrence (stomal vs pharyngeal/base of tongue) and impact of preceding tracheostomy. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of 75 consecutive total laryngectomies for cancer of the larynx. RESULTS Nineteen p...