Stereotactic radiotherapy for adrenal oligometastases.

Approximately 50% of melanomas, 30-40% of lung and breast cancers and 10-20% of renal and gastrointestinal tumors metastasize to the adrenal gland. Metastatic adrenal involvement is diagnosed by computed tomography (CT ) with contrast medium, ultrasound (which does not explore the left adrenal gland well), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with contrast medium and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDGPET-CT ) which also evaluates lesion uptake. The simulation CT should be performed with contrast medium; an oral bolus of contrast medium is useful, given adrenal gland proximity to the duodenum.

Relationship between interval from surgery to radiotherapy and local recurrence rate in patients with endometrioid-type endometrial cancer: a retrospective mono-institutional Italian study.

Aim: To assess the relationship between the timing of radiotherapy and the risk of local failure in patients with endometrioid-type endometrial cancer who had undergone surgery and adjuvant external pelvic radiotherapy (with or without brachytherapy), but not chemotherapy.

Patients And Methods: One hundred and seventy seven patients were analyzed in this study. The median follow-up of the survivors was 72 months.