Calvarial and scalp metastases: an unusual presentation of non-small-cell lung cancer.

We report the case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with scalp and skull masses. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic tumor from non-small-cell lung cancer. To our knowledge, this is the sixth case reported in the English literature.

Thoracic metastases from breast cancer: a single-institution's experience.

Objective: Thoracic metastasis from breast cancer (TMBC) is a relatively uncommon condition, and few reports of its therapeutic palliation and patient outcomes exist. We therefore reviewed retrospectively our radiotherapeutic experience of TMBC.

Methods: Between 1981 and 2003, 19 patients were treated with radiation (with doses raging from 10 Gy to 50 Gy) for palliation of TMBC.

Breast cancer metastasis to the medulla oblongata: a case report.

Breast cancer metastasis to the brain stem is uncommon. Because of the rarity of the condition, the clinical course of such patients is not known. The case of a 41-year-old woman with advanced-stage carcinoma of the breast involving the medulla oblongata is presented and the literature concerning management, including patient outcome, is reviewed.

Successful treatment of head and neck cancer involving the prevertebral fascia.

Chemotherapy with radiation has become more popular than radiotherapy alone for patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer because of the successful results associated with it. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with hypopharyngeal cancer invading the prevertebral fascia who became free of disease after chemoradiation. This uncommon, positive observation supports the impression that combined therapy is efficacious in some patients with advanced stage carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract.