The analysis of the long-term outcomes in elderly women treated for locally advanced cervical cancer.

Purpose: Locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) should be treated with a combination of external irradiation and brachytherapy with concurrent chemotherapy. However, as cervical carcinoma cells can disperse by way of the lymphatic system to either pelvic or para-aortic nodes, planning the extent of radiation requires precise information about the spread of the disease to the lymph nodes, especially to the para-aortic area.

Material And Methods: All of the 75 women included in our study underwent chemoradiotherapy, which started with brachytherapy.

Interstitial brachytherapy for penile cancer: the experience of Oncology Centre in Bydgoszcz.

Purpose: The aim of this work was to analyze the treatment results and complications of patients with penile cancer treated in our centre.

Material And Methods: Thirty three patients were included in this retrospective research. The average age was 62.

PSA bouncing after brachytherapy HDR and external beam radiation therapy: a study of 121 patients with minimum 5-years follow-up.

Purpose: To determine the clinical and dosimetric factors that predict prostate-specific antygen (PSA) bouncing following brachytherapy HDR and three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) for prostate cancer patients.

Material And Methods: The evaluated population consisted of 121 prostate cancer patients with a minimum of 5 years of follow-up and at least 6 post-treatment PSA levels. All patients were treated using 3D-CRT combined with brachytherapy HDR.