High-dose-rate brachytherapy for patients with maxillary gingival carcinoma using a novel customized intraoral mold technique.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to introduce a novel customized intraoral mold treatment for maxillary gingival carcinoma (UGC).

Study Design: Two patients with UGC were treated as salvage therapy using this technique. The mold was designed to keep normal soft tissues adjacent to the tumor away from the radioactive source as much as possible, and it was shielded by lead.

Effective bladder preservation strategy with low-dose radiation therapy and concurrent intraarterial chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the toxicity and response, bladder preservation, and survival of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with multimodality therapy consisting of low-dose radiation therapy (RT) and concurrent intraarterial chemotherapy (IACT).

Methods And Materials: . Between November 1999 and July 2005, a total of 27 consecutive, previously untreated patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer underwent transurethral bladder tumor resection followed by concurrent low-dose RT and IACT.

Radiation therapy for cervical cancer in the elderly.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term results of radical radiation therapy (RT) for cervical cancer in elderly patients.

Methods: We reviewed the clinical records of 727 patients with cervical cancer who underwent radical RT at the Tokushima University Hospital and compared the treatment results of three age groups: /=75 years (older group [OG], 132 patients).

Results: At the last follow-up, 155 YG (46%), 77 YOG (30%), and 48 OG patients (36%) had died of cervical cancer; the median follow-up periods were 82, 87, and 68 months, respectively.