Radiotherapy of prostate cancer in renal transplant recipients: single-center experience.

This study analyzed the long-term outcomes of localized prostate cancer in renal transplant recipients after radiotherapy treatment - mainly brachytherapy. We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of renal transplant recipients between 2003 and 2016 at a single tertiary center, and identified four patients with high serum PSA level during regular follow-up, 1-108 months after primary renal transplantation. The mean age of patients with detected high serum PSA level with 9.

Indication of pre-surgical radiochemotherapy enhances psychosocial morbidity among patients with resectable locally advanced rectal cancer.

Patients with cancer experience stress-determined psychosocial comorbidities and behavioural alterations. Patients expectation to be cured by the first line surgery and their emotional status can be negatively influenced by the decision to include neoadjuvant long-course radiotherapy prior to surgical intervention. From the patient's perspective such treatment algorithmindicates incurability of the disease.

Analysis of radiation-induced angiosarcoma of the breast.

Breast angiosarcoma may occur de novo, or as a complication of radiation therapy, or chronic lymphedema secondary to axillary lymph node dissection for mammary carcinoma. Both primary and secondary angiosarcomas may present with bruise like skin discoloration, which may delay the diagnosis. Imaging findings are nonspecific.

Psychosocial support needs of Slovak breast cancer survivors one and three years after breast conserving surgery.

Objective: To assess psychosocial support needs among Slovak breast cancer survivors treated by breast conserving surgery.

Methods: Patients responded the EORTC QLQ 30.3 questionnaire and the self-elaborated BCPN (Breast Cancer Psychosocial Needs) questionnaire one and three years after breast conserving surgery (BSC) and modified radical mastectomy (MRM).

Preoperative radiotherapy of locally advanced rectal cancer: clinical outcome of short-course and long-course treatment with or without concomitant chemotherapy.

Background: Preoperative radiotherapy is considered to be standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer. The timing and dosage of radiotherapy with or without preoperative chemotherapy remain controversial issues. The objective of this study was to evaluate relevant clinical outcomes of two preoperative radiotherapy regimens - the short-course and -long-course radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

Abnormal cardiomarkers in leukemia patients treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Objective: Clinical cardiac complications in oncologic patients may develop from subclinical myocardial damage. Biomarkers N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and troponin T (cTnT) have been hypothesized to reflect preclinical cardiotoxicity earlier than echocardiography. The aim of this study was to assess prospectively the serial values of these cardiomarkers in leukemia patients treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).