PURPOSE To assess the effectiveness of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during the follow-up of patients with prostate cancer after undergoing external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and to compare these imaging findings to pathological and transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective study, the MRI findings ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of subconjunctival injections of combretastatin A-4 phosphate (CA-4P) prodrug treatment on tumor vasculature and growth in an animal model of hereditary retinoblastoma. METHODS Twenty-four, 12-week-old simian virus-40 T-antigen-positive mice received six subconjunctival CA-4P injections at doses of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mg delivered at 72-hour intervals to the ...

Total skin electron irradiation (TSEI) is an effective option for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Two conventional methods used to deliver TSEI are the Stanford multiple dual field technique and the McGill rotational technique; however, both techniques require patients to stand for 10 to 30 minutes and cannot be used in nonambulatory patients. Our group has previously described technical para...

BACKGROUND Preliminary studies suggest that videoteleconferencing (VTC) may be an effective means to deliver behavioral interventions to families. Subjects consisted of a subsample of children (n=37) and caregivers who participated in the Children's Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Telemental Health Treatment Study (CATTS) (n=223), a randomized trial testing the effectiveness of ...

In this pilot study the effect of radiation therapy on subfoveal CNV membranes associated with age-related macular degeneration was evaluated. Four groups of 10 patients were treated with external beam radiotherapy (16 MV photons) on an area of 1 cm2 (macular region) using a lens-sparing technique and total dose of 8 to 24 Gy. The first group received 8 Gy in a single fraction. In this group on...

AIM To retrospectively analyze the results of radical radiotherapy for patients with superficial esophageal cancer (SEC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-eight patients with SEC were reviewed. The median dose of external beam radiotherapy was 66 Gy (range, 30 to 70 Gy). Intraluminal brachytherapy was used in 10 patients, and 15 patients (31%) underwent chemotherapy. The median follow-up period was...

The development of breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a rare phenomenon. A typical presentation is an effusion associated with a breast implant. Less commonly, disease can be more advanced locoregionally or distantly. The optimal treatment schema is a topic of debate: localized ALCL can potentially be cured with implant removal alone, while other cases in the lit...

This paper discusses 98 patients who had their cerebral lesions stereotactically biopsied. Modified Riechert-Mundinger instrumentation was employed. Of the 98 patients, eight received only biopsy and 90 were then interstitially radiated with iridium-192 (192Ir) custom stacked in afterloading catheters. The vast majority of brachytherapeutically treated lesions were anaplastic or malignant astro...

OBJECTIVES We conducted a workup of a previously published systematic review and aimed to analyse why most of the identified non-randomised controlled clinical trials with patient-reported outcomes did not match a set of basic quality criteria. SETTING There were no limits on the level of care and the geographical location. PARTICIPANTS The review evaluated permanent interstitial low-dose r...

By the early 1950s, after its discovery and implementation in medicine, brachytherapy (BT) had become a wellestablished modality of treatment.. As it is today, intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) was used to deliver most of the central tumor dose for cervical cancer [1]. Because of the developments in external beam radiotherapy, allowing delivery of doses to deep tumors competitive with those ac...