Postoperative radiotherapy following inadvertent simple hysterectomy versus radical hysterectomy for cervical carcinoma.

Purpose: For cervical carcinoma, postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) following radical hysterectomy (RH) is indicated for certain adverse pathological factors. Simple hysterectomy (SH) is considered inadequate treatment for invasive cervical carcinoma and PORT is required for all such cases. Clinical outcome of patients receiving PORT following SH and RH may be different.

Computerized tomography-guided percutaneous high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for malignant lung lesions.

Purpose: To study the feasibility of computerized tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy (HDRIBT) in patients with malignant lung lesions (MLL), not suitable for surgery.

Materials And Methods: From June 2007 to December 2008, eight patients with MLL (primary lung carcinoma, two; solitary lung metastases, six); were enrolled in this prospective trial. All patients had either refused surgery or had been found ineligible due to comorbidities.

Treatment outcome of patients with carcinoma of vulva: experience from a tertiary cancer center of India.

Purpose: The aim of our retrospective study was to analyze and report the clinical outcome of patients with vulvar carcinoma (VC) treated at our center.

Materials And Methods: We retrieved the information regarding patients' clinical details, treatment given, survival and complications from the case records of all VC patients who were treated at our center during the year 1998-2005. Overall survival (OS) was determined with respect to age, histopathological grade, stage of disease, treatment group, pathological lymph node status, etc.

High-dose rate interstitial brachytherapy using two weekly sessions of 10 Gy each for patients with locally advanced cervical carcinoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of high-dose rate interstitial brachytherapy (HDR-IBT) using two weekly sessions of 10 Gy in combination to pelvic external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for patients with locally advanced cervical carcinoma.

Methods And Materials: Between the year 2005 and 2007, 42 patients with locally advanced cervical carcinoma (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stage IIB-IVA), not suitable for intracavitary radiotherapy after completing EBRT, were enrolled in this prospective study. Two weekly sessions of HDR-IBT with 10 Gy each were delivered 1 week after pelvic EBRT.

Use of transrectal ultrasound for high dose rate interstitial brachytherapy for patients of carcinoma of uterine cervix.

Objective: Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) has been widely used for guiding prostate implants, but not much for interstitial brachytherapy (IBT) of cervix cancer. The aim of our study is to report our experience with TRUS guided high dose rate (HDR) IBT in patients with carcinoma of uterine cervix.

Methods: During the year 2005-2006, 25 patients of cervical cancer not suitable for intracavitary radiotherapy (ICRT), were enrolled in this prospective study.

Revisiting the role of computerized tomographic scan and cystoscopy for detecting bladder invasion in the revised FIGO staging system for carcinoma of the uterine cervix.

Introduction: Recent revision of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system for the cervix encourages use of computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging and does not recommend cystoscopy as a mandatory investigation. But the revision has not defined which patients should undergo cystoscopy. Our study aims to revisit the role of CT scan and cystoscopy for detecting bladder invasion so that we can select patients for cystoscopy.

Radiation therapy in paediatric gliomas: our institutional experience.

Background And Purpose: The aim of our retrospective study was to analyze the clinical outcome of paediatric glioma patients treated with radiation therapy (RT) in our institution.

Material And Methods: We retrieved the case records of all children with gliomas (age < 18 years) who received RT in our department between 2004 and 2007. We analyzed the information regarding patients' demography, clinical details, treatment given, RT details, and survival.

Pulsed-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical carcinoma: the AIIMS experience.

Objective: The aim of present study was to analyze the results of pulsed-dose-rate (PDR) brachytherapy in patients with cervical carcinoma treated at our center.

Methods: From September 2003 to September 2005, 48 patients with histopathologically proved cervical carcinoma, stages IB to IVA, were treated with PDR intracavitary radiotherapy (ICRT) and pelvic irradiation at our center. Radiotherapy consisted of whole pelvis external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) with a dose of 40 Gy in 22 fractions over 4.

Interstitial brachytherapy guided intensity modulated radiation therapy (IBGIMRT) in cervical cancer: a dosimetric study.

Purpose: Interstitial brachytherapy (IBT) is used as an alternative to intracavitary radiotherapy in the management of cervical carcinoma. We have devised a new technique called interstitial brachytherapy guided intensity modulated radiotherapy (IBGIMRT) which can potentially reduce doses to organs at risk (OaRs). It utilizes IMRT planning on the target volume (TV) defined by implantation of IBT needles.