Single- versus Multi-computed Tomography Simulation for High-dose-rate Postoperative Gynecological Intracavitary Brachytherapy.

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate whether there is a dosimetric difference of implementing single instead of multi-computed tomography (CT) simulation treatment planning for high-dose-rate postoperative gynecological intracavitary brachytherapy (BT).

Materials And Methods: Eighty patients were registered in the study. They received three BT fractions of 7 Gy/week (three CTs, three original plans).

Diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee joint: 3-year follow-up of a case report.

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a proliferative, recurrent and locally invasive disease of the synovium. The symptoms of the disorder are not typical and thus it is very often misdiagnosed. Most of the times, magnetic resonance imaging presents the nodular model of development and sets the basis for the diagnosis.

Honey Against Radiation-induced Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta- Analyses of the Literature.

Unlabelled: Backround: Oral mucositis (OM) consists of a major side effect of radiotherapy (RT) in head and neck (H-N) cancer patients and natural honey is gaining more and more scientific interest due to its beneficial effects in tissue repair.

Objective: The aim of this review is to better clarify the preventive/therapeutic role of honey in the management of OM in patients with H-N cancer undergoing RT with or without chemotherapy (CT).

Methods: We used the PubMed database to retrieve journal articles and the inclusion criteria were only reviews and meta-analyses that illustrated the effective use of honey for either the prevention or treatment of OM in H-N cancer patients receiving either RT alone or in combination with CT.

A randomized study comparing two hypofractioned 3-D conformal radiotherapy for stage IIIb-IV non small cell lung cancer.

Purpose: We compared the safety and efficacy of two hypofractionated irradiation schedules for elderly and low performance status patients with inoperable symptomatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: Patients that entered the study were either unfit or without response concerning chemotherapy. We randomized 14 patients (group A) vs 15 patients (group B) who underwent two different hypofractionated radiotherapy schedules.

A five split-field three dimensional conformal technique versus an anterior-posterior on in postoperative radiotherapy for gastric carcinoma: a multicenter comparative study using quality of life measurements as well as clinical and dosimetric parameters.

Purpose: Several adjuvant approaches are regarded as available options in the management of localized, resectable gastric cancer .The objective of our study was to evaluate multiple field and anteroposterior conformal technique.

Methods: Ninety-seven patients received three dimensional conformal (3DCRT) postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy for gastric carcinoma.

Toxicity and efficacy of a hypofractionated (3 weekly fractions of 850c Gy) irradiation schedule for stage IIIb / IV non-small cell lung cancer elderly patients with low performance status and unfit for chemotherapy.

Purpose: To evaluate in an observational way the clinical impact of a hypofractionated irradiation schedule in patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: Forty elderly patients (24 men/16 women) diagnosed with unresectable stage IIIb/IV NSCLC unfit for chemotherapy, were treated with once-a-week hypofractionation schedule. All patients had a poor performance status.

Review of the three-field techniques in breast cancer radiotherapy.

Breast cancer is often treated with radiotherapy (RT), with two opposing tangential fields. When indicated, supraclavicular lymph nodes have to be irradiated, and a third anterior field is applied. The junction region has the potential to be over or underdosed.