Over a 20-year period, 34 patients with FIGO stage II ovarian carcinoma were treated with postoperative pelvic irradiation at the University of Michigan. Complications of radiation treatment were minimal. The overall actuarial disease-free 5-year survival was 53%. This was not significantly different for substages IIA, IIB, or IIC. Patients with well-differentiated tumors had a significantly be...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy have an established role in the management of high-risk patients. We discuss contemporary data on optimal timing and doses of radiotherapy, role of hormonal therapy and pelvis irradiation, and toxicity. RECENT FINDINGS Positive surgical margins are not predictive of reduced overall survival, even in patients treat...

background : we performed a prospective study to evaluate the effects of pelvic irradiation on fsh, lh and testosterone levels in male patients with rectal adenocarcinoma. our aim was to compare the level of male sex hormones in peripheral blood serum before and after pelvic irradiation. methods : the eligible participants were 40 men with rectal adenocarcinoma who underwent pelvic radiotherapy...

1. ”Carol Davila” Univeristy of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 2. ”Ponderas” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 3. I.O.M.C, Polizu Hospital, Bucharest, Romania Vulvar carcinomas are rare gynecologic malignancies. In cases presenting local invasion oncologic treatment such as chemo-irradiation might be performed. However complete remission is achieved in rare cases, most of the patients nec...

PURPOSE: To investigate the protective effect of L-arginine on the prostate (nonneoplasic) of rats with radiation-induced injury. METHODS: Twenty-nine Wistar rats, male adult, allocated into three groups: Control group (C) was not exposed to irradiation (n=10); Radiated group (R) had undergone pelvic irradiation (n=10); Supplemented and radiated group (R+S) had undergone pelvic irradiation ...