With the increasing aged population, prostate cancer has become one of the commonest malignant tumors in the United States. The incidence of prostate cancer is the highest among malignant tumors in males, and the mortality rate is the second highest following lung cancer. Even when prostate cancer is diagnosed to be in the early stage preoperatively, its excised lesions are often judged pathohi...

AIM The aim of the present study was to evaluate changes in thyroid function in patients with head and neck cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study was conducted on ninety patients with non-thyroid head and neck cancer who were referred to the department of radiotherapy. Thyroid function tests were conducted before, midway during and...

Simulators are medical devices used in the oncology clinics to perform the simulation for the external beam radiotherapy treatment. Unlikely for a clinic to obtain a real Simulator is a high investment in terms of money, space and personnel. The alternative here can be a Virtual Simulator (VS). The CT simulators are system-software that can perform the simulation process using the Computed Tomo...

OBJECTIVE To develop a method for estimating the future numbers of prostate cancer survivors requiring different levels of care. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Analysis of population-based cancer registry data for prostate cancer cases (aged 18-84 years) diagnosed in 1996-2007, and a linked dataset with hospital admission data for men with prostate cancer diagnosed during 2005-2007 in New S...

Metastasis to bone represents an all-too-frequent complication of advanced-stage prostate cancer (PCa): 50% to 70% of these patients will ultimately develop this devastating complication. PCa preferentially metastasizes to bone, and the skeletal complications increase mortality and decrease quality of life. The clinical consequences of skeletal metastasis also include pain, skeletal-related eve...

Prostate cancer is receiving ever more publicity with the result that more men are having their prostate specific antigen checked and a greater proportion of men are diagnosed with potentially curable localised disease. Advances in the therapeutic modalities including radical surgery, external beam radiotherapy, and brachytherapy have reduced the incidence of side effects and now offer patients...

PURPOSE Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has a bimodal age distribution. In contrast to the adult variant, little is known about the juvenile form. This study examined the treatment results between adult (aNPC) and juvenile NPC (jNPC) patients for future treatment considerations in jNPC. METHODS AND MATERIALS The jNPC population included 53 patients treated at two institutions between 1972 and ...

External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is not a first line treatment in differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), but is recommended as an adjuvant treatment in certain cases. The evidence for EBRT in DTC is limited. A comprehensive literature search was performed. Data on patient demographics, disease stage, treatment characteristics, and outcomes were collected from included articles after quality a...

We investigated the outcomes of treatment for patients with localized prostate cancer (PCa) treated with 3D conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) followed by two-fraction high-dose-rate brachytherapy within a single day (2-fr.-HDR-BT/day) at a single institution. A total of 156 consecutive Asian males (median age, 67 years) were enrolled. To compare our findings with those of other studies, we a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of treatment for early endometrial cancer. STUDY DESIGN Cost-minimization type of cost-effectiveness analysis with payer costs based on CPT (physician's current procedural terminology) and DRG (disease related group) codes. The six principles of cost-effectiveness analysis were evaluated. We compared the standard treatment protocol of selected lymp...