A Comparative Prospective Study Between Conventional Chemo-Radiotherapy and Pure Accelerated Radiotherapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer.

Background: The established standard treatment for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is concurrent chemoradiotherapy, but the optimum radiotherapy schedule for best disease control and acceptable toxicity is still evolving. Tumor control probability decreases with each day's prolongation of treatment time. Shortening the overall treatment time of radiation by pure accelerated radiotherapy may be a good option.

Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma of Ileoceacal Region in a Young Woman: A Rare Case Report with Review of Literature.

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma arises from the follicular dendritic cells present in the lymph nodes, especially of the head and neck area. Rarely, extranodal sites may be affected including tonsil, the oral cavity, liver, spleen and the gastrointestinal tract. Here, we report a case of intra-abdominal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma presenting as a huge mass in the ileocecal region of a 24-year young woman.

Biodegradation of PVP-CMC hydrogel film: a useful food packaging material.

Hydrogels can offer new opportunities for the design of efficient packaging materials with desirable properties (i.e. durability, biodegradability and mechanical strength).

Arsenic contamination of groundwater and its health impact on residents in a village in West Bengal, India.

An in-depth study was carried out in Rajapur, an arsenic-affected village in West Bengal, India, to determine the degree of groundwater contamination with arsenic and the impact of this contamination on residents. The flow injection hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (FI-HG-AAS) method was used to measure arsenic concentrations in water and biological samples. Dermatologists recorded the dermatological features of arsenicosis.