Ovarian cancer is an aggressive disease, which, although associated with a high rate of recurrence, seems to benefit most from iterative cytoreduction. Although the main patterns of its spreading are represented by peritoneal, lymphatic or hematogenous route, local recurrences might also be seen. Whenever pelvic recurrence develops, complete resections based on the ultraradical principles appli...

Primary fallopian tube cancer (PFTC) is a rare gynaecological malignancy, clinically often mistaken for pelvic inflammatory disease or ovarian cancer. Three primary fallopian tube carcinomas, arising in a background of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), are presented. The possible association between chronic PID and PFTC is discussed and a hypothesies linking these cancers with chronic ...

BACKGROUND To compare two strategies of dynamic intensity modulated radiation therapy (dIMRT) with 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT) in the setting of hypofractionated high-risk prostate cancer treatment. METHODS 3DCRT and dIMRT/Helical Tomotherapy(HT) planning with 10 CT datasets was undertaken to deliver 68 Gy in 25 fractions (prostate) and simultaneously delivering 45 Gy in...

AIM The purpose of this study was to establish and analyze the laparoscopic technique of radical hysterectomy and para-aortic and pelvic lymphadenectomy and to retrospectively evaluate its feasibility and morbidity. PATIENTS AND METHODS During a one-year period 12 patients underwent laparoscopic radical surgical procedures for cervical or endometrial cancer. All our patients underwent radical...

introduction: in the current study we evaluated the incremental value of lateral pelvic lymphoscintigraphy imaging of endometrial or cervical cancer patients who underwent sentinel node mapping. methods: operable endometrial and cervical cancer patients without clinical or paraclinical evidence of lymph node involvement were included in the study. the day before surgery the patients were sent ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinicopathologic features and predictors of pelvic metastasis in patients with germ cell tumors. METHODS Between 1990 and 2009, 2722 patients undergoing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) were prospectively included in our institution's testis cancer database. Patients with pelvic disease were identified and clinicopathologic features were analyzed. RES...

BACKGROUND Pelvic exenteration is an extensive surgical procedure performed for locally advanced cancers in the pelvis. AIMS The twenty-year experience with this procedure at the Cancer Institute has been analyzed for morbidity, failure pattern and survival. SETTINGS AND DESIGN The case records of all the patients who had undergone pelvic exenteration between 1981 and 2000 at Cancer Institu...

BACKGROUND This study assessed the survival outcomes and recurrent patterns in pelvic node-positive IB1-IIA2 cervical cancer patients treated with postoperative external beam irradiation with or without vaginal brachytherapy. METHODS The records of 1149 cervical cancer patients received radical surgery between February 2008 and March 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. 126 stages IB1-IIA2 pat...

PURPOSE Thallium-201 (201Tl) is a recognized tumor-imaging agent; however, the usefulness of 201Tl in prostate cancer has not been studied. The purpose of this preliminary study was to evaluate the efficacy of 201Tl single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging for differentiating prostate cancer from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). METHODS 201Tl pelvic SPECT was performed in...