[Intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer, first experience in Chile].

Background: Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is an important step forward in cancer treatment.

Aim: To report the first experience in Chile with IMRT for prostate cancer and compare the results obtained with different doses.

Patients And Methods: From January 1997 through June 2008, 156 patients with a mean age of 70 years, were treated with radiotherapy and 121 with IMRT.

[Long term results for intermediate and high grade localized non Hodgkin lymphoma, treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy].

Background: Treatment of intermediate and high grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) includes chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy, depending on the clinical stage. The standard treatment for advanced NHL is 8 cycles of combined chemotherapy, cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine and prednisone (CHOP). Patients presenting with localized disease are treated with fewer chemotherapy cycles and involved field radiotherapy, with good results.