[A Case of Laparoscopic Surgery Performed for Lynch Syndrome in a Patient Who Developed Cecal Cancer and Uterine Carcinosarcoma Synchronously].

A 51-year-old woman was referred to our hospitalfor treatment of endometrialcancer. She had 3 family members with colorectal cancer in the first degree. She was also diagnosed with advanced cecal cancer based on a preoperative examination.

Long-term outcome of hypofractionated radiotherapy to the whole breast of Japanese women after breast-conserving surgery.

Background: In Japan, there are still no reports of long-term outcome for hypofractionated radiotherapy to the whole breast after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). We report our institution's results from evaluation of the efficacy and safety of hypofractionated radiotherapy for Japanese women.

Methods: Data in the medical records of 327 patients were retrospectively reviewed.

Whole-breast radiotherapy with shorter fractionation schedules following breast-conserving surgery: short-term morbidity and preliminary outcomes.

Background: The success of whole-breast radiotherapy with shorter fractionation schedules following BCS has rarely been evaluated in Japanese women. Here we present the short-term morbidity and preliminary outcomes of the shorter fractionation regimen initiated at the Kawasaki Medical School Hospital in 2003.

Methods: Between January 2003 and December 2005, 248 patients (251 breasts) with breast cancer underwent short-course RT following BCS.