CT-guided interstitial HDR brachytherapy for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. Long-term results.

Background And Purpose: Recurrences of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) within previously irradiated volumes pose a serious therapeutic challenge. This retrospective study evaluates the long-term tumor control of recurrent GBM treated with interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BRT).

Patients And Methods: Between 1995 and 2003, 84 patients were treated for recurrent cerebral GBM located within previously irradiated volumes.

Neoadjuvant interstitial high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy combined with systemic chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer.

Background And Purpose: This is the first study investigating neoadjuvant interstitial high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy combined with chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer. The goal was to evaluate the type of surgical treatment, histopathologic response, side effects, local control, and survival.

Patients And Methods: 53 patients, who could not be treated with breast-conserving surgery due to initial tumor size (36/53) or due to an unfavorable breast-tumor ratio (17/53), were analyzed retrospectively.

[Radiotherapy in vertebral hemangioma].

Vertebral hemangiomas are the most common benign spinal tumors with an incidence range of 10-12%. Approximately 1-2% of the cases develop clinically significant symptoms causing the necessity for treatment. Based on our own results and a review of the literature we discuss the role of radiotherapy in the management of symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas.