Does a patient-specific bladder-filling protocol affect bladder volume and dose in postprostatectomy radiotherapy?

Purpose: Our aim is to develop a patient-specific bladder-filling protocol (PSP) using an ultrasound-based bladder scanner (BS) and compare the volumetric and dosimetric parameters with those of the standard filling protocol (SP) in postprostatectomy patients.

Methods: Twenty postprostatectomy patients who received salvage radiotherapy (72 Gy/36 fx) were included. For PSP, the patient was asked to drink 500 mL of water after emptying his bladder.

Dosimetric evaluation of different radiotherapy techniques in mastectomized left-sided breast cancer.

Context: Inclusion of internal mammary lymph nodes in mastectomized left breast cancer radiotherapy may lead to high dose receiving risk of the heart, lung, and contralateral breast.

Aim: The aim of this study is to compare the dosimetric differences of field-in-field (FIF), volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT), seven-field intensity-modulated radiotherapy (7F-IMRT), and helical tomotherapy (HT) planning techniques for mastectomized left breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: Computed tomography images of ten patients treated with the FIF technique were used to compare four different treatment planning techniques.

Utilization of radiation therapy and predictors of noncompliance among Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Background: Access to cancer care is a problem that continues to plague refugees displaced from their home countries. The turbulent political crisis in Syria, which has led to millions of refugees seeking asylum in Turkey, merits further attention. We aimed to study the rate of utilization of radiation therapy among Syrian refugees with cancer living in Turkey in an attempt to identify the contributing factors predictive of non-compliance with prescribed RT.

Current treatment strategies in malignant pleural mesothelioma with a treatment algorithm.

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is arare disease with apoor prognosis. The main therapeutic options for MPM include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy (RT). Although multimodality therapy has been reported to improve survival, not every medically operable patient is able to undergo all recommended therapy.

Treatment results and prognostic factors of patients with vulvar cancer treated with postoperative or definitive radiotherapy.

Purpose: Vulvar cancer is a relatively uncommon type of gynecologic cancer. The aim of this study is to analyze the treatment results and prognostic factors of vulvar cancer.

Methods: Forty-four vulvar cancer patients treated between 2000 and 2011 at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, were retrospectively reviewed.