Background and purpose To investigate the hypothesis on low-dose bath exposure related to radiation-induced nausea and vomiting (RINV) in adjuvant breast volumetric modulated arch therapy (VMAT). Methods and materials A total of 106 consecutive breast cancer patients (pts) treated with adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) with VMAT from January 2013 to May 2016 were evaluated retrospectively. For each ...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis occurring in surgical scars is a well-described entity. Malignant transformation of endometriosis is a rare event, with most cases belonging to adenocarcinoma. The initial surgical treatment is a method of choice. Due to lack of therapeutic recommendations, adjuvant therapy and recurrence management are a great challenge for oncologists. AIM The aim of this paper was ...

BACKGROUND Radiotherapy is commonly used for abdominal or pelvic cancer, and patients receiving radiotherapy have a high risk developing to an acute radiation-induced diarrhea. Several previous studies have discussed the effect of probiotics on prevention of radiation-induced diarrhea, but the results are still inconsistent. OBJECTIVE We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled tria...

Soft-tissue reconstruction following preoperative radiotherapy and wide resection of soft tissue sarcoma remains a challenge. Pedicled and free tissue transfers are an essential part of limb sparing surgery. We report 22 cases of sarcoma treated with radiotherapy and wide excision followed by one-stage innervated free or pedicled musculocutaneous flap transfers. The resection involved the upper...

Ewing sarcoma of the abdomen is a rare entity in pediatric oncology and represents a technical challenge both for surgeons and radiation oncologists. We document the case of a young female patient with primary disseminated, intraperitoneal Ewing sarcoma who after an excellent response to chemotherapy received preoperative whole abdominal-pelvic radiotherapy with good tolerance.

•Vaginal cancer is most common in elderly woman and very rare in young woman.•Stage I vaginal cancer is treated with surgery and radiotherapy.•Vaginal cancer in a young patient was treated by intra-arterial chemotherapy followed by abdominal radical trachelectomy.

INTRODUCTION Radiotherapy outcomes are influenced by treatment delivery geometric accuracy and organ-at-risk dose. The location of abdominal structures such as the liver, kidneys and tumour volumes can be strongly influenced by respiratory motion. This increases geometric uncertainty and dose to organs-at-risk. One common method of minimising respiratory motion is abdominal compression (AC). ...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of radiotherapy on lipid peroxidation, total sulfhydryl groups (RSH) and nitric oxide (NO radical) levels in plasma of cancer patients treated on different anatomic sites, and to compare the results with control subjects. METHODS 89 patients with various malignancies and 33 healthy control subjects were recruited for the study. Cancer patie...

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Esophageal cancer is a serious malignancy with regards to mortality and prognosis. Current treatment options include multimodality therapy mainstays of current treatment including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Cell therapy for esophageal cancer is an advancing area of research. We report a case of esophageal cancer following cord blood-derived cytokine-induced killer cell infusion and a...