Carotid sinus malfunction presenting with presyncopal episodes during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.

We report the case of a 67-year-old Caucasian man with unexplained presyncopal episodes during radiation therapy for oropharyngeal cancer.

Short-term preoperative radiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer does not increase postoperative complications and improves the rate of sphincter-preserving surgery.

Purpose: The Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial (SRCT) demonstrated that a short term regimen of high-dose preoperative radiotherapy (RT) (5x5 Gy) not only reduces the risk for local recurrence, but also improves the overall survival rate. However, an increase in postoperative mortality and morbidity has also been observed. We, therefore, evaluated the early postoperative complications in patients treated with neoadjuvant RT for locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma.

Prostate brachytherapy: a three-year experience from the first 116 patients in Greece.

Purpose: To present the results from the first 116 patients with localized prostate cancer treated with transperineal ultrasonography-guided permanent brachytherapy, with special emphasis on the complications of this method.

Patients And Methods: During the last 3 years, 116 patients with localized prostate cancer underwent transperineal ultrasonography-guided permanent implantation with I(125) seeds. Permanent implantation consisted of 21-82 I(125) seeds of 0.

Short-term preoperative radiotherapy is a safe approach for treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer.

Background And Aims: The Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial (SRCT) demonstrated that a short term regimen of high-dose preoperative radiotherapy (5x5 Gy) not only reduces the risk of local recurrence but also improves overall survival rate. An increase in postoperative mortality and morbidity has also been observed, however. We therefore evaluated early postoperative complications in patients treated with neoadjuvant radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma.

Unusual spread of liposarcoma.

Background: The aim of our study was to investigate the unusual pattern of metastatic spread of liposarcoma.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively studied thirty-two patients with liposarcoma (in seventeen located in the retroperitoneum and in fifteen in the extremities) who were managed at our institution over a ten-year period. Six patients with extremity liposarcoma developed local recurrence and or distal metastases and in three the site of the distal spread was other than the lungs.

Evaluation of lactate dehydrogenase activity as an index of cervical malignancy.

The diagnostic accuracy of an investigational test for cervix cancer screening is studied. The method involves a vaginal tampon that changes colour in relation to LDH activity and can detect preinvasive and invasive cervical lesions. The test was applied in 50 women with CIN, 50 women with histologically proved cervical cancer and in 500 women with no history of malignancy.