The present study investigated the prognosis of patients who received palliative radiotherapy (RT) for bone metastases (BMs) from renal cell cancer (RCC), and assessed the prognostic factors specific to BMs from RCC. A total of 109 patients with RCC and BMs who underwent RT for the first time were included in the study. Prognostic factors were evaluated using multivariate analysis and a scoring system based on regression coefficients was devised.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUterine leiomyomas, benign tumors common in reproductive-aged women, can display rare variants such as hydropic leiomyoma (HL), which exhibit unique histological features like zonal edema and increased vascularity. However, due to its rarity, comprehensive clinical knowledge about HL is limited. We report a case of a 49-year-old Japanese woman who was premenopausal and nulliparous, presenting with a two-year history of abdominal distension.
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