Management of Localized Breast Angiosarcoma by North American Radiation Oncologists and Medical Oncologists

A Compendium for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists

Comparison of recommendations by urologists and radiation oncologists for treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer.

CONTEXT Multiple treatment options are available for men with prostate cancer, but therapeutic recommendations may differ depending on the type of specialist they consult. OBJECTIVE To define and contrast the distribution of management recommendations by urologists and radiation oncologists for a spectrum of men with prostate cancer. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Mail survey sent in 199...

Radiation oncologists' response to pundendal entrapment neuropathy.

As radiation oncologists with special interest in urologic malignancy (JA) and radiation-induced late toxicity (RSP), we read the case report of pudendal nerve entrapment by Elahi et al (1) with interest. It was presented as the first reported (index) case of pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome caused by radiotherapy of the prostate, seminal vesicles, and pelvic lymph nodes 2 months earlier. The...

Radiation oncologists' view on the zurich consensus.

aKlinik für Radioonkologie, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, bKlinik für Radioonkologie und Strahlenklinik, Klinikum Karlsruhe, Germany cUniversitätsklinik für Radiotherapie und Radio-Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum der Paracelsus Medizinischen Privatuniversität, LKH, Salzburg, Austria dKlinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, eKlinik für Strahlentherapie und ...

Active Surveillance for Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Opinions of North American Genitourinary Oncology Expert Radiation Oncologists.

INTRODUCTION The ProtecT trial has provided level 1 evidence supporting active surveillance for prostate cancer patients with low-risk and intermediate-risk disease. The effect of these findings on the opinions of North American genitourinary (GU) experts regarding the role of active surveillance for these patients has not been previously examined. MATERIALS AND METHODS A survey was distribut...