Thoracic Re-irradiation With Definitive External Beam Radiation Therapy Using Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: A Case Report.

Thoracic re-irradiation has a high risk of severe adverse events, and re-irradiation with curative intent has rarely been performed. However, in recent years, with the introduction of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and stereotactic body radiation therapy, it has become possible to deliver high doses to the target lesions while minimizing the doses to surrounding tissues. The patient in this case had a history of definitive radiation therapy for esophageal cancer.

Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer With Oligometastatic Cervical Lymph Nodes: A Case Report.

Stage IV breast cancer is difficult to cure and is mainly treated with systemic therapy. However, when distant metastasis is oligometastatic, proactive treatment including local therapies for the primary lesion and distant metastases has been reported to improve prognosis. We encountered a patient who had left breast cancer with ipsilateral cervical lymph node metastases.

Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy with Docetaxel, Cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil Improves Survival of Patients with Advanced Esophageal Cancer Compared with Conventional Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy with Cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil.

To compare treatment outcomes and adverse events between concurrent chemoradiotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil (DCF-RT) and conventional concurrent chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (CF-RT). We retrospectively investigated treatment outcomes and adverse events in 121 patients with advanced esophageal cancer who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy with CF-RT (n = 83) or DCF-RT (n = 38). In the CF-RT group, patients were administered cisplatin (70 mg/m) and 5-fluorouracil (700 mg/m) for 5 days; in the DCF-RT group, patients were administered docetaxel (50 mg/m), cisplatin (50 mg/m), and 5-fluorouracil (500 mg/m) for 5 days.