tPurpose. – Primary cardiac sarcomas represent less than 10 yearly cases in France. Their median survivalis approximately 18 months. The treatment consists of surgery when possible. The role of chemotherapyand radiation therapy is controversial, especially with respect to limiting cardiac radiation dose that istheoretically incompatible with the requirement of a tumoricidal dose for sarcoma. A recent series of 124cases of ... إقراء المزيد

Objective of the study: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of localized prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) in the department of clinical oncology, Souhag Faculty of Medicine, Souhag Cancer Institute and, Souhag Health Insurance Hospital in the Governorate of Souhag, Egypt. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All diagnosed non metastatic prostate cancer patients treated with RT as primary therapy or after ... إقراء المزيد

Salivary gland carcinomas constitute a heterogeneous group of tumors, with over 20 histological subtypes of various prognoses. The mainstay of treatment is surgery, with radiotherapy advocated for unresectable disease or postoperatively in case of poor prognostic factors such as high grade, locally advanced and/or incompletely resected tumors. Concurrent chemotherapy is sometimes advocated in routine practice based on criteria extrapolated from ... إقراء المزيد

OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of radiation therapy in rare salivary gland pediatricmucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC). STUDY DESIGN A French multicenter retrospective study (level of evidence 4) of children/adolescents treated for MEC between 1980 and 2010 was conducted. RESULTS Median age of the 38 patients was 14 years. Parotid subsite, low-grade, and early primary stage tumors were encountered in 81%, 82%, ... إقراء المزيد

Background. The kidneys are doselimiting organs when total body irradiation or irradiation of the digestive tract is planned. The incidence of radiation-induced toxicity is probably underestimated due to its latency and confounding factors like chemotherapy. Material and methods. A search of the literature for radiation induced renal toxicity was performed. Results. Most toxicities occur around 18 months. Renal mobility is ... إقراء المزيد

The results of radiotherapy alone in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) were disappointing. Cisplatin-based concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) has demonstrated higher rates of local control and significantly reduced distant metastasis than radiotherapy (RT) alone in patients with locally advanced NPC. In view of the high rate of severe mucosal and bone marrow toxicities reported with the high doses of ... إقراء المزيد

Pterygium is a benign conjunctival neoformation usually treated by surgical excision, but recurrences may affect 30% to 89% of cases, so that adjunctive therapies like conjunctival autografting, antimitotic drugsandbeta-irradiation(-irradiation)areoftenusedtoimprovetherateoflocalcontrol.Ouressayhas reviewedrelevantstudiesaddressingtheroleofpostoperativeirradiationinthetreatmentofpterygium in the last 30 years through an Internet-based search and hand search in libraries. Sixteen studies on -irradiation and one on soft X-ray irradiation were accessible. They covered more than ... إقراء المزيد

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess compliance with fluoride gel custom trays in irradiated head and neck cancer patients. Methods and materials One hundred fifty-five consecutive patients on remission following radiation therapy of head and neck cancers were assessed retrospectively for dental care practices prior to radiation and prospectively for long-term compliancewith customtrays fromNovember 2009 to January ... إقراء المزيد

This is the largest prospective randomized trial that addressed the value of beta irradiation after surgical excision of pterygium after that of Jurgenliemk, 86 cases (2), Nakamatsu , 73 cases (3), and De Keizer, 57 cases (4). It is also the first one that compared low-dose fractionation (20 Gy/10 fractions) with higher dose per fraction regimens (35 Gy/7 fractions). The ... إقراء المزيد

Purpose. – For patients with good urinary function and presenting with a low risk prostate cancer, prostate brachytherapy using iodine implants represents one of the techniques of reference. This retrospective analysis investigates urinary (U), digestive (D) and sexual (S) toxicities and their prognostic factors of duration. Material and methods. – From August 2000 to November 2007, 176 patients presenting with ... إقراء المزيد