BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the patterns and influencing factors of local-regional recurrence of lower thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (TESCC) after curative resection and to delineate the clinical target volume (CTV) of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT). METHODS From January 2009 to December 2013, the clinical data of patients who experienced local-regiona...

PURPOSE For patients with stage III (N2) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with surgical resection, postoperative chemotherapy improves overall survival (OS), but the role of postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) is controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate risk factors for local-regional recurrence and to evaluate the impact of PORT on local-regional control (LRC) and ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Port-site metastasis (PSM) is a rare complication of laparoscopic intervention in urologic malignancies. Of the greater than 50 reported cases of PSM in the urologic oncology literature, only 9 have occurred after surgery for renal-cell carcinoma (RCC). We report a 10th instance of RCC metastasis-in this case to the camera-port site after robot-assisted partial nephrectom...

In recent years, cruise tourism has increased the negative effects caused by touristification in many European port cities. Despite this, these cities are a great competition to be destination, tourist-port. Cruise come stay, and steady growth can expected post-COVID-19 scenario, but at what cost? The tourist-port demands highly effective planning answers occurring simultaneously, global pandem...

background port site complications following elective surgery are rare and port site infections remain the most common short long term complications. objectives the study was conducted to analyze port site complications occurring in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis. patients and methods ninety patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were r...

BACKGROUND Port-A catheters are frequently used in pediatric cancer patients. Their dislodgement is potentially seriously risky although the incidence is not high. We analyzed our 11 years of data to address this important problem. METHODS From January 2001 to December 2011, 330 port-A catheters of different brands were implanted in pediatric cancer patients. In total, eight children suffered...

An implantable venous access system provides a reliable and painless entry site for intravenous treatment. This study reports the authors' experience with such a system in adult patients with cystic fibrosis. Sixty five (87%) of 75 PAS Ports were placed successfully in 57 patients with cystic fibrosis. Because of early difficulties in advancing the catheter in patients whose veins had been trau...

It has been found possible to detect the presence of some gamma chain abnormal fetal hemoglobins in adults through analysis of genomic DNA with selected restriction endonucleases. These variants are Hb F-Hull (A gamma 121Glu----Lys) which was observed in eight adult members of five families, Hb F-Pendergrass (A gamma 36Pro----Arg) in five adult members of one family, and Hb F-Port Royal (G gamm...