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In Mexico, cervical cancer (CC) is the second most frequent cause of death among women, with a mortality rate of 4000 women/year. Among the patients attended by the INCan, 80% are diagnosed with locally advanced CC and 30% of these present comorbidities. Hypertension may be present in 20% of
Collection of data and retrospective analysis of patients with high risk prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy to pelvic lymph nodes.
What influence has irradiation of pelvic lymph nodes on patients with high risk prostate cancer in terms of progression free survival and toxicity. How does this
-Chemo-radiation enhances survival but also increases the risk of PRD. The result will be an increasing
- Cost for society (repeated hospitalization for palliative care)
- An ethical problem to help these patients with irreversible degraded quality of life.
Results from conventional therapies for
APC is usually applied with a power of 40-60W and 1.2-2.5 L/min of gas flow by using a electrosugical generator coupled with an argon delivery unit. However, high gas flow have been associated to high rates of complication such as rectal stenosis and deep rectal ulcer.
In this context, the present
Radiation therapy is a well-established treatment modality for clinically localized prostate cancer. Current techniques include conventional external beam radiotherapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The efficacy of conventional external beam radiation treatment (60-70 Gy in 2 Gy
The parameter that best correlates with DFS in patients (pts) with localized rectal cancer (RC) is the pathological TNM staging (ypTNM) after chemo-radiotherapy (Ch-RT).Tumor regression grading (TRG) after Ch-RT has been correlated with DFS , 86% for TRG 4, 75% for grouped TRG 2 + 3, and 63% for
Background:
- Patients with non-metastatic carcinoma of the anal canal are treated with concurrent mitomycin C (MMC), 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and radiotherapy (RT) in the curative setting in an attempt to preserve the anal sphincter.
- Radiation dermatitis is a uniform complication of this therapy
Carcinoma Cervix is the commonest malignancy seen in Indian women and constitutes approximately 10% of all cancers at Tata Memorial Hospital (1). It is also the leading cause of cancer mortality in India. Nearly 85% of the patients present with advanced stages (FIGO Stage II/III). The main stay of