Mediastinal myxopapillary ependymoma primary or late metastases of paracoccygeal ependymoma: a case report.

A 25-year-old woman presented in 2002 with progressive shortness of breath and weight loss. A computed tomographic scan of the chest showed a huge anterior mediastinal mass, and pathological examination of a mediastinoscopic needle biopsy revealed typical myxopapillary ependymoma, an extremely unusual diagnosis at this site. Further workup and questioning of the patient revealed that she had opted not to disclose a history of surgery for right gluteal fold mass in 1993, which was primarily treated with surgery followed by radiotherapy for relapse.

Minimizing urinary bladder radiation dose during brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix using balloon inflation technique.

Purpose: Radiotherapy is effective in treating cancer of the cervix. However, its success is associated with significant morbidity of the urinary bladder. This study has been designed to reduce the radiotherapy dose from the brachytherapy component of cervical cancer treatment to the urinary bladder to minimize radiation-induced morbidity.

Age distribution of nasopharyngeal cancer in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: The age standardized rate of head and neck cancer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is 5.7% with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) accounting for >40% of all head and neck cancers. This study intends to compare age specific incidence of NPC in KSA and other countries.

Treatment of earlobe keloids using the cobalt 60 teletherapy unit.

The purpose of this study was to develop an easily accessible technique for the delivery of postoperative radiotherapy for the treatment of earlobe keloids. Forty-seven earlobe keloids were given postoperative radiation using the smallest achievable half field Telecobalt technique. Results showed 41 (87.