Proctitis is an inflammation of the lining of the rectum that can be either acute or chronic in presentation. Symptoms include rectal bleeding, constipation, rectal discharge, rectal pain, and tenesmus. It is commonly associated with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Spinal tumors remain a challenging problem in modern neurosurgery. The high rate of postoperative morbidity associated with intramedullary tumors makes the need for safer surgical techniques invaluable. This study analyses our experience with the treatment of spinal cord tumors and compares traditional management and a new different surgical approach to intramedullary tumors with an associated hydrosyringomyelia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLocally advanced non-small cell lung cancer is a disease typified by poor clinical outcomes. Patients treated with definitive radiation or chemoradiation have high rates of local tumor progression and distant metastasis. Tumor dose escalation using conventionally fractionated radiation is limited by toxicity to adjacent normal tissues.
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