Intraoperative radiation therapy in recurrent carcinoma of the uterine cervix: report of the French intraoperative group on 70 patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and oncologic results of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) for recurrent uterine cervical carcinoma in a cohort of patients treated in seven French institutions.

Methods And Materials: From 1985 to 1993, 70 patients with pelvic recurrences underwent IORT with/ without external radiation therapy (ERT) and chemotherapy (CT). Treatment modalities for recurrence were IORT alone (40 out of 70), IORT + ERT (30 out of 70), additional chemotherapy (20 out of 70).

[Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum: an attenuated malignant tumor. Review of the literature apropos of a case].

The authors present a new case of a well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum. This is an uncommon tumor which have a slow evolution like a low malignant potential tumor. But, because of its tendency to recurrence, the designation of Well-Differentiated Tumor is better.

[Splenic metastases. Apropos of 4 cases].

The authors report about 4 cases of splenic metastases in patients with the following neoplasms: urothelial carcinoma of the left kidney, adenocarcinoma of the uterine body, adenocarcinoma of the left flexure of the colon, adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid loop. On large autopsy series, metastases to the spleen are not rare (7% in average), and rank 10th among the 44 metastatic sites described in the literature. Cancers of the breast, lung, skin (melanoma), ovaries and stomach (cardia) make up more than 60% of the primary tumors.

[Fibroma of the breast. A clinicopathologic study of a case].

Fibromatosis is a fibroblastic proliferation which has infiltrative properties and which is not expected to metastasize. Mammary fibromatosis is infrequent. Clinically, it may mimic breast carcinoma.