Comparative Analysis of IDH Wild-Type Multifocal and Unifocal Glioblastomas: Prognostic Factors and Survival Outcomes in Focus.

Aim: To compare the overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and the impact of prognostic markers in unifocal and multifocal IDH wild-type glioblastomas (GBMs).

Material And Methods: This retrospective single-institutional study involved 177 GBM patients diagnosed between 2015 and 2022. Patients with confirmed IDH wild-type GBM were selected to assess the impact of lesion focalities on prognosis.

Sonographic assessment of acute changes in plaque size and echogenicity and in intima-media thickness of carotid arteries after neck radiation therapy.

Background: Ultrasonic assessment of acute changes in carotid artery walls before and after neck radiation therapy (RT).

Methods: Fifty cancer patients scheduled for curative neck irradiation were included and underwent sonographic examination of carotid arteries, with assessment of intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque size and echogenicity before and immediately after completion of RT.

Results: IMT was linearly correlated with age and before RT (r = 0.

[Prognostic factors and survival rates in oral cavity cancers].

Objectives: We evaluated the treatment results and prognostic factors that might affect local control and survival in patients receiving radiotherapy for oral cavity cancers.

Patients And Methods: The study included 32 patients (16 men, 16 women; mean age 62 years; range 26 to 90 years) who received radiotherapy for oral cavity cancers. All the patients had squamous cell carcinoma, which involved the tongue in 15 patients (46.