[Esthesioneuroblastoma: A single institution's experience and general literature review].

Purpose: Olfactory neuroblastoma or esthesioneuroblastoma is a rare entity among head and neck neoplasms. In this paper, we report the experience of our institution and compare it with a comprehensive review of the literature.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analysed clinical and treatment data of patients referred to the Lyon Sud University Hospital (France) for histologically proven olfactive esthesioneuroblastoma.

[Management of neuroendocrine prostate carcinoma: Literature review].

Neuroendocrine prostate carcinoma is a rare entity causing both diagnostic and therapeutic issues. There are basically four histological forms (adenocarcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation, carcinoid tumors, small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas, large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas), which can be pure or mixed associated with prostatic carcinoma. There is no consensus on the management or the prognosis of these various tumor subtypes.

Conformal radiotherapy as a bridge to liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: is it safe?

Aim: To report a preliminary experience of conformal radiotherapy (CRT) as bridge to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: Data of 12 patients undergoing CRT for HCC followed by OLT between 2012 and 2014 were reviewed.

Results: CRT was used in a neoadjuvant or downstaging setting in nine and three patients, respectively.

[Radiotherapy of chloroma or granulocytic sarcoma: A literature review].

Granulocytic sarcoma, or chloroma, is a rare clinical entity, usually associated with a blood disease, including acute myeloid leukemia. Management strategies are based on the combination of systemic therapy and local therapy (surgery or radiation). Data for radiotherapy dose are derived from retrospective studies and case reports.