A comparative study of whole brain radiotherapy with concomitant thalidomide versus whole brain radiotherapy alone in brain metastases.

Background: Brain metastasis increases morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. This study was undertaken to compare tumor response and treatment-related toxicities in patients treated with orally administered thalidomide concomitantly with whole brain radiotherapy to whole brain radiotherapy alone in brain metastases.

Methods: This randomized control trial was conducted in radiation oncology department, RIMS among 42 patients of brain metastases distributed in two study arms during the period August 2018 to July 2020.

Clinicopathological profile and survival analysis of esophageal carcinoma: A retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital in Northeast India.

Background: Esophageal cancer (EC) is an extremely aggressive tumor with one of the highest geographic, ethnic, and gender variations. Various factors including tobacco consumption, unhealthy diet, and socioeconomic status have been implicated in the etiology of EC. Despite the advent of modern treatments, the prognosis of EC is dismal.