We report two cases of radiation-induced cutaneous angiosarcoma that occurred years after radiotherapy for pelvic cancer. The tumors in both cases were inoperable because of the poor performance status of the patient or the extent of the lesion. We treated the tumors with concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The chemotherapy consisted of the weekly administration of 70 mg/m paclitaxel. Bot...

Nimotuzumab is a blocking monoclonal antibody against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). However, little is known about the safety and preliminary efficacy of nimotuzumab combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced NPC patients. A total of 42 patients diagnosed between 2011 and 2013 were enrolled. Our results demonstrated 38 patients had a complete response (90.5%), 4 p...

A 61-year-old male underwent a tracheal resection and reconstruction with omentopexy for the treatment of tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma. Postoperatively, he received radiotherapy for a microscopic residual tumor of the tracheal margin. It recurred with pulmonary metastasis and para-esophageal lymph nodal metastasis at 7 years and 10 months after the initial operation. A wedge resection and ...

Background: In this study, we explored the relationship between                  neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and grade 3 or higher treatment related small bowel toxicity and treatment outcome of patients with rectal cancer undergoing capecitabine and concurrent intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Materials and Methods: From the year of 2012 to 2013, 117 rectal cancer patients who ...

We evaluated the survival effect of adjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy after radical hysterectomy in patients with clinical pelvic node-positive cervical adenocarcinoma. Patients adenocarcinoma diagnosed between 2000 and 2016 at our institution were identified. Survival was compared who underwent alone those received as an treatment. analysis using log-rank test Cox proportional hazards mode...

OBJECTIVE To summarize the research progress about the dosimetry and biological predictors of radiation-induced esophagitis. METHODS We performed a systematic literature review addressing radiation esophagitis in the treatment of lung cancer published between January 2009 and May 2015 in the PubMed full-text database index systems. RESULTS Twenty-eight eligible documents were included in th...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) with distant metastases has poor prognosis. Metastatic sites are usually multifocal and involve bones, lungs and live. Management of metastatic disease is essentially palliative and is based on chemoradiotherapy. A 48-year-old man with a solitary liver metastasis from a newly diagnosed NPC was treated by segmentectomy. Prior to radiotherapy, neoadjuvant chemothera...

background and objective: concurrent chemoradiotherapy (ebrt + cisplatin) plus intracavitary brachytherapy is the standard of care in patients with advanced cervical cancer. however, some patients are unable to undergo brachytherapy due to massive residual tumor or anatomical distortion. in this study, we evaluated the treatment outcome in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer undergoi...

For a long time standard treatment approach for resectable squamous cell carcinoma of larynx was surgery with or without subsequent radiotherapy. Surgery, particulary total laryngectomy, has been associated with serious impairment of quallity of life. Between nonsurgical approaches, concurrent cisplatin based chemoradiotherapy has become a very promising treatment modality for larynx preservati...