Demographic risk factors impacting timely radiation therapy completion after breast conserving surgery.

Background: Radiotherapy completion (RTC) is critical to successful breast conserving treatment. Our aim was to identify patient groups at greatest risk of not achieving timely radiotherapy completion (TRTC) in an urban setting.

Methods: This observational cohort study used hospital registry data from 2004 to 2010 for female stage I and II breast conserving treatment patients to assess predictors of RTC and TRTC, defined as RTC of 35 to 49 days.

Epilepsy in The Alienist and Neurologist, 1880-1920.

Purpose: To study the history of epilepsy from 1880 to 1920.

Methods: We reviewed all 40 volumes of The Alienist and Neurologist and identified articles concerning primarily epilepsy. We analyzed three of these articles in greater detail.