A phase II study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by organ preservation in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Objective: Conservative approaches in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) have been evolved to avoid aggressive surgery, but are limited to elderly, frail, and patients medically unfit for surgery. Our study aimed to assess the response rate of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) before radiotherapy (RT) in MIBC patients.

Methods: Forty patients with urothelial carcinoma of stage T2-T4a, N0, M0 were enrolled between November 2013 and November 2015, and treated with three cycles of NACT with gemcitabine-cisplatin.

Multimodality treatment for Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors: Disease spectrum and management strategies - A tertiary care center experience from India.

Objective: Intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs) are relatively rare neoplasms, representing 2-3 % of paediatric brain tumors in Western countries and 8-15 % in East Asia. Here, we discuss the clinical features and treatment outcomes in patients with central nervous system (CNS) GCTs treated at our institute.

Methods: Medical records of all primary CNS GCT patients were retrieved retrospectively from 2007 to 2019.

Primary broad ligament adenocarcinoma.

Primary broad ligament carcinoma is a very rare occurrence with 28 reported cases worldwide, to date. The epidemiology, treatment strategy and prognosis are still uncertain because of the scarcity of cases. Currently, all broad ligament carcinomas are managed similar to epithelial ovarian cancer.

Primary mediastinal germ cell tumors: Survival outcomes and prognostic factors - 10 years experience from a tertiary care institute.

Primary Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor (PMGCT) is a rare and heterogeneous entity. These tumors are typically diagnosed in young adults and carry a poor prognosis. We conducted this study to evaluate the role of radiotherapy on treatment outcomes and prognostic factors in PMGCT that may allow a more adapted treatment strategy to improve survival.

Erectile dysfunction and cancer: current perspective.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the major but underreported concerns in cancer patients and survivors. It can lead to depression, lack of intimacy between the couple, and impaired quality of life. The causes of erectile dysfunction are psychological distress and endocrinal dysfunction caused by cancer itself or side effect of anticancer treatment like surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy.

Can 3D-CRT meet the desired dose distribution to target and OARs in glioblastoma? A tertiary cancer center experience.

The purpose of the study is to perform a dosimetric analysis of the doses received by planning target volume and organ at risks in the postoperative glioblastoma by using 3D-conformal radiotherapy to a total dose of 60 Gy in 30 fractions.   All patients received concurrent temozolomide every day, and this was followed by adjuvant temozolomide of 5 days of treatment per month. More than 98% of patients were treated with a dose of 60 Gy.

Clinical Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in Gastric Carcinoma Patients with Curative Surgery Followed by Adjuvant Treatment: Real-World Scenario.

Background: A wide range of adjuvant treatment regimens exist in gastric carcinoma patients which include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and/or both either sequential or concurrent. The study aimed to assess the benefit of adjuvant sequential chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy for operable gastric cancers and evaluate the prognostic factors associated with clinical outcomes.

Methods: Patients of stage IB-III gastric carcinoma who underwent radical surgery followed by adjuvant treatment from January 2013 to December 2016 were analyzed retrospectively.

Platinum sensitive carcinoma of ovary relapsed as pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.

Epithelial ovarian cancers typically spread by intraperitoneal exfoliation and retroperitoneal lymph nodal involvement along the ovarian vascular supply. Pericardial involvement in ovarian malignancies is very rare with only few cases reported in the literature. Malignancy is the most common cause for pericardial effusion in the western world.

Analysis of volumetric and dosimetric changes in mid treatment CT scan in carcinoma nasopharynx: implications for adaptive radiotherapy.

Carcinoma of nasopharynx is a radiosensitive tumor and therapeutic response during radiation treatment can result in dosimetric variations in the delivered dose to the tumor and critical organs. This study was done to evaluate the volumetric and dosimetric changes seen in tumor tissue and organs at risk in a mid treatment planning scan and its implications for adaptive replanning. Twenty patients of locally advanced carcinoma nasopharynx were evaluated.

Toxicity and clinical outcomes with definitive three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy in locally advanced cervical carcinoma.

Objective(s): This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the toxicity and clinical outcomes in patients of locally advanced cervical cancer treated with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and concurrent chemotherapy.

Material And Methods: Two hundred and ten newly diagnosed patients of locally advanced cervical cancer of FIGO 2009 Stage II-III treated with 3DCRT (46 Gy/23 fractions/4½ weeks) and weekly concurrent Cisplatin (40 mg/m2), from January 2013 to 2015 were analyzed. A planning computed tomography was performed and contouring was done according to published guidelines.

Radiation induced secondary malignancies: a review article.

Radiation-induced second malignancies (RISM) is one of the important late side effects of radiation therapy and has an impact on optimal treatment decision-making. Many factors contribute to the development of RISM such as age at radiation, dose and volume of irradiated area, type of irradiated organ and tissue, radiation technique and individual and family history of cancer. Exact mechanism of RISM is unknown.