Stage II adenocarcinoma of the endometrium: adjuvant radiotherapy and recurrence patterns.

Purpose: Review patterns of recurrence for Stage II endometrial cancer in a community practice.

Methods And Materials: A retrospective review of patients with endometrial cancer diagnosed between 1985-2002. Patients were excluded for Stages I, III, or IV or treatment with preoperative pelvic radiation (external beam radiation therapy [EBRT]).

Gliomatosis cerebri. Results with radiation therapy.

Background: This review was undertaken to determine the outcome for patients diagnosed in the modern era and treated with radiation therapy.

Methods: Using the tumor registries of six institutions in a large metropolitan area, cases of gliomatosis were identified and retrospectively reviewed.

Results: The clinical course for each patient was unique.

Transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter: patterns of failure.

Objectives: To identify recurrence patterns and possible indications for adjuvant treatment.

Methods: Ninety-four patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter were reviewed to determine their pattern of failure. Factors including gender and age, tumor stage and grade, and extent of surgical procedure and adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) were analyzed with respect to local and distant recurrence and survival.

Role of postoperative radiation therapy after stabilization of fractures caused by metastatic disease.

Purpose: Although orthopedic stabilization is frequently performed for pathological fractures caused by metastatic disease, no data is available to support the value of postoperative radiation therapy (S+RT) in this setting.

Methods And Materials: We reviewed 64 orthopedic stabilization procedures in 60 consecutive patients with metastatic disease to previously unirradiated weight-bearing bones with pathological or impending pathological fracture (femur 91%). Thirty-five sites that received adjuvant S+RT were compared to 29 sites that were treated with surgery alone (SA).

Impact of postoperative radiation therapy and other perioperative factors on outcome after orthopedic stabilization of impending or pathologic fractures due to metastatic disease.

Purpose And Methods: We reviewed 64 orthopedic stabilization procedures in 60 consecutive patients diagnosed with metastatic disease to previously unirradiated femurs, acetabula, and humeri with pathologic or impending pathologic fracture. Thirty-five patients who received adjuvant postoperative radiation therapy were compared with 29 patients who were treated with surgery alone. Many potential perioperative and tumor prognostic variables were evaluated.

Adjuvant radiotherapy in high stage transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis and ureter.

This review was undertaken to assess the influence of adjuvant radiation therapy on failure patterns and survival in high stage transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter. Ninety-four patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter were retrospectively reviewed. Twenty-six had American Joint Commission stage T3 or T4 N0/+, M0 disease and underwent curative resections (median follow-up 13.