Salvage stereotactic body radiotherapy for locally recurrent uterine cervix cancer at the pelvic sidewall: Feasibility and complication.

Aims: To determine the feasibility of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in patients with pelvic sidewall recurrence of uterine cervical cancer after radical hysterectomy or definitive radiotherapy.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 23 patients with locally recurrent uterine cervical cancer limited to the pelvic sidewall who were treated with SBRT at our institution between January 2003 and May 2010. The SBRT dose ranged from 27 to 45 Gy (median, 39 Gy) in three fractions, and the fractional SBRT dose ranged from 9 to 15 Gy (median, 13 Gy).

Nomogram prediction of overall survival after curative irradiation for uterine cervical cancer.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a nomogram capable of predicting the probability of 5-year survival after radical radiotherapy (RT) without chemotherapy for uterine cervical cancer.

Methods And Materials: We retrospectively analyzed 549 patients that underwent radical RT for uterine cervical cancer between March 1994 and April 2002 at our institution. Multivariate analysis using Cox proportional hazards regression was performed and this Cox model was used as the basis for the devised nomogram.

Adenocarcinoma arising from the respiratory ciliated epithelium in a benign cystic teratoma of the ovary.

Benign cystic teratoma of the ovary (BCTO) is the most common benign ovarian tumor, accounting for 15-20% of all ovarian tumors. It is usually diagnosed in the third and fourth decades of life. Malignant transformation is rare, occurring in approximately 1-2% of reported cases, with squamous cell carcinoma being the most common form.

Image-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy in patients with isolated para-aortic lymph node metastases from uterine cervical and corpus cancer.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to evaluate the role of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) as a local treatment for isolated para-aortic lymph node (PALN) metastases originating from uterine cervical and corpus cancer.

Methods And Materials: We retrospectively enrolled 30 patients with isolated PALN metastases originating from uterine cervical and corpus cancer who had received SBRT using the CyberKnife (CK). All patients were shown to have isolated PALN metastases by computed tomography (CT) and/or positron emission tomography (PET)-CT.

Detection of early recurrence with 18F-FDG PET in patients with cervical cancer.

Unlabelled: This study investigated the feasibility of PET with (18)F-FDG to evaluate retrospectively early recurrence in patients with cervical cancer.

Methods: From September 1997 to March 2000, 249 patients with no evidence of cervical cancer after treatment were investigated with (18)F-FDG PET. (18)F-FDG PET scanning, beginning 50 min after injection of 370-555 MBq (18)F-FDG, was performed.