Electronic brachytherapy for treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers: clinical results and toxicities.

Purpose: Although surgical approaches are standard for most non-melanomatous skin cancers, some patients are not candidates due to medical co-morbidities or functional or cosmetic or lesion location. High-dose-rate electronic brachytherapy (HDR-EBT) may be an alternative treatment modality.

Material And Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted from April 2011 to April 2013.

The feasibility of using ultrasound during follow-up for superficial non-melanoma skin cancers after electronic brachytherapy.

Purpose: Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) can be treated with a number of modalities including surgery, topical chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. Amongst the radiotherapeutic options, electronic brachytherapy (eBT) is an appealing treatment as it is usually given in a few fractions, it leads to good outcomes, and is increasingly being used. However, currently no follow-up imaging is routinely used or recommended to evaluate treatment response of NMSC.

The role of larval fat cells in adult Drosophila melanogaster.

In the life history of holometabolous insects, distinct developmental stages are tightly linked to feeding and non-feeding periods. The larval stage is characterized by extensive feeding, which supports the rapid growth of the animal and allows accumulation of energy stores, primarily in the larval fat body. In Drosophila melanogaster access to these stores during pupal development is possible because the larval fat body is preserved in the pupa as individual fat cells.