For pathological high-risk prostate cancer, adjuvant irradiation has shown a survival benefit. Phase III studies have highlighted that half men would face biochemical relapse and would be candidate for radiotherapy at adjuvant or salvage times. Despite at least four published international contouring guidelines from different collaborative groups, discrepancies remain for volumes, delineation, ...

In this study we followed up the side effects of adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with testicular seminoma stage I over a period from 13 to 84 months (median 28 months). The most frequent side effects during radiotherapy were gastrointestinal (nausea/vomiting), psychological, cognitive, and minor sexual problems.The reported side effects were treated by antiemetics and anxiolytics. After radio...

INTRODUCTION: Silicone breast implants have been used for decades for cosmetic breast augmentation or reconstruction after mastectomy1. In selected cases, postmastectomy adjuvant radiotherapy is given with the breast implants in situ. Previous clinical studies showed that adjuvant radiotherapy may lead to several complications such as capsular contracture, infection and removal of the implant.2...

INTRODUCTION: Silicone breast implants have been used for decades for cosmetic breast augmentation or reconstruction after mastectomy1. In selected cases, postmastectomy adjuvant radiotherapy is given with the breast implants in situ. Previous clinical studies showed that adjuvant radiotherapy may lead to several complications such as capsular contracture, infection and removal of the implant.2...

Sir—The investigators of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) (Feb 12, p 528) on breast-conserving surgery with or without radiation for treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) point out that if their finding that there is an increased rate of cancers in the contralateral breast in the surgery plus radiation group was truly radiation induced, it might well...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze the outcome of Australian patients treated for early lip cancer. METHODS Data on 217 patients with T1 to T2 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lip and treated with radical intent were analyzed. RESULTS The addition of local adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with a close/positive margin was associated with a significant improvement in rel...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognosis of ipsilateral supraclavicular lymph node metastasis (ISLM) without evidence of distant metastases at diagnosis in Chinese women with breast cancer and to elucidate the clinical value of adjuvant radiotherapy. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical data for 39 patients with ISLM from breast cancer without...

PURPOSE Extraprostatic disease will be manifest in a third of men after radical prostatectomy. We present the long-term followup of a randomized clinical trial of radiotherapy to reduce the risk of subsequent metastatic disease and death. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 431 men with pT3N0M0 prostate cancer were randomized to 60 to 64 Gy adjuvant radiotherapy or observation. The primary study...

UNLABELLED Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast is a very rare neoplasm. We report a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the right breast presented with painless lump in the upper outer quadrant managed with lumpectomy, axillary lymph node staging and adjuvant local external radiotherapy to the whole breast with simultaneous integrated boost to the site of primary disease using respiratory ga...

Atypical meningiomas (AMs) and malignant meningiomas (MMs) are tumors with a lower incidence and poorer prognosis than benign meningiomas. The role of radiotherapy as an adjuvant to surgical resection, especially for AMs, is incompletely defined. In this study, the English-language literature was systematically reviewed for studies that reported tumor characteristics, treatment parameters, and ...