[Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of secondary vaginal tumor involvement].

Objective: To estimate the capabilities of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in revealing and estimating the extent of secondary vaginal involvement. MATERIAL AND METHODS. Thirty patients with secondary vaginal tumor involvement underwent contrast-enhanced MRI.

[Current strategies in radiotherapy for cervical and endometrial carcinoma].

We used combinations of taxan-based neoadjuvant and adjuvant full-dose chemotherapy and aggressive combined radiotherapy including clinical target volume extension, increased total dosage, hyperthermia, cryo- and local chemotherapy as radiosensitizers, for treatment of invasive and locally-advanced breast cancer or endometrial carcinoma with poor prognosis. 3D-ultrasound/CT/MRI--based designing of radiotherapy and monitoring of dynamic definition of target volume and "high risk volume" in organs at risk in cases of tumor progression was an indispensable measure. As a result, no local recurrence was reported in 73% for 36 months.

[Improvement of postoperative radiotherapy in the complex treatment of stage II-III cervical cancer].

Clinical data on the management of squamous-cell cervical carcinoma stage II-III FIGO are presented. At stage I, treatment included neoadjuvant polychemotherapy (NACT)--cisplatin 100 mg/m2, carboplatin 450 mg/m2 in conjunction with 5-FU 250 mg/m2 or paclitaxel 135 mg/m2. According to protocol, two identical courses of NACT were given, at 21-28 day interval, followed by extended extirpation of the uterus (Wertheim).

[Automated radiotherapy in the combined treatment of locally advanced and disseminated ovarian cancer].

The paper deals with the results of treatment of 110 patients with advanced ovarian cancer showing signs of tumor progression following polychemotherapy with two regimens which included radiotherapy. Variants of distant and contact irradiation individually-tailored to suit the types of tumor are discussed. Details of single and repeated courses of chemoradiation are presented.