Malignant parotid tumors: presentation, clinical/pathologic prognostic factors, and treatment outcomes.

Purpose: To determine the important clinical/pathologic prognostic factors and optimal treatment of malignant parotid tumors.

Methods And Materials: This study was a retrospective chart review of 163 patients treated for malignant parotid tumors at two institutions. Of the 163 patients, 91 were treated with surgical resection and radiotherapy (RT), 56 were treated with surgery alone, and 13 were treated with RT alone.

Primary presentation of glioblastoma multiforme with leptomeningeal metastasis in the absence of previous craniotomy: a case report.

Glioblastoma multiforme is a highly malignant glioma with a well-known tendency for intracranial spread but rarely for extracranial spread. We report a case of an adult woman who presented with symptoms of leptomeningeal metastasis from an intracranial glioblastoma multiforme located adjacent to the lateral ventricle. There have been very few cases of glioblastoma multiforme presenting with leptomeningeal metastasis in the absence of previous therapeutic intervention.

Report of the 1997 SCAROP survey on resident training. Society of Chairmen of Academic Radiation Oncology Programs.

Rationale And Objectives: Members of the Society of Chairmen of Academic Radiation Oncology Programs (SCAROP) were surveyed in November 1997 to evaluate the current status of radiation oncology training in the United States and to help determine how it should be carried out in the coming decade.

Materials And Methods: A detailed questionnaire was sent to all members of SCAROP; 68 of 82 questionnaires were returned, for a response rate of 83%.

Results: The responses to the survey show a serious shortage of radiation oncologists in university settings, despite an apparent surplus in private practice.