There have been major changes in the treatment of anal cancer in past few years with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is now considered the first line treatment and residual or recurrent disease is best treated by salvage anorectal excision. Anal cancer is now staged clinically with emphasis on tumour size, lymph node status and the presence or absence of metastases. Pathological staging systems of rese...

Staging is of the utmost importance in the evaluation of a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) because it defines the actual extent of the disease. Accurate staging allows multidisciplinary oncology teams to plan the best surgical or medical treatment and to predict patient prognosis. Based on the recommendation of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), ...

PURPOSE For patients with renal masses localized to the kidney there is currently no preoperative tool to predict the likelihood of metastatic recurrence following surgical intervention. We developed a predictive model that could be used in the preoperative setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS We pooled institutional databases from Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Mayo Clinic, and identified complete d...

abstract background: abdominal tumors are still a diagnostic problem in children. this study was conducted to assess the presentation and types of childhood intra abdominal tumors in children in shiraz. materials and methods: participants of this historical cohort study consisted of 298 children aged between 1.5 months to 15 years old who were diagnosed with abdominal mass between march 2003 an...

conclusions pet/ct can provide diagnosis and more accurate staging, location of tumor with its capability in providing the anatomical and physiological information synchronizes. therefore pet/ct plays an important role in oncology. objectives in this paper, we evaluate application of pet/ct for improve oncologic imaging. methods the papers were searched in pubmed and scopus databases with the r...

nec is inflammatory necrosis of intestine with most common site being terminal ileum and ascending colon in preterm babies (1). the condition is typically seen in premature infants, and the timing of its onset is generally inversely proportional to the gestational age of the baby at birth, i.e. the earlier a baby is born, longer is the time of risk for nec in premature babies. the incidence of ...

Fibroid is a common benign neoplasm more often located in the uterus and less commonly seen adnexa other supporting structures of like broad uterosacral ligament. The incidence extra uterine leiomyomas <1%. A 48-year-old female para one live presented with chief complaints mass per abdomen for 2 years prolonged heavy bleeding 15 days. Based on clinical radiological findings, diagnosis tubo-o...

Breast cancer continues to be one of the main priorities in global health and public health, remains most frequent deadly malignant neoplasm women worldwide. implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is a rare type non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, whose pathogenesis pathophysiology are not well known, but which seen with increasing frequency due increase cosmetic procedures. To date, ...

background: clinical and epidemiological variation was seen between the colon cancer (cc) and rectum cancer (rc). so, there is not so much data available about the epidemiological and clinicopathological differences and prognostic factors regarding to cc and cr in iran, we aimed to perform this study. methods: all cases of cc and rc referred to oncology and gastroenterology wards of taleghani g...

BACKGROUND Conjunctival melanoma is a relatively rare ocular malignancy with substantial associated morbidity and mortality. METHODS More than 100 articles on conjunctival melanoma were reviewed, including most of the relevant recent publications cited in a current MEDLINE search. The author's experience with conjunctival melanomas is also incorporated in this review. RESULTS Recognition of...