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This paper reports on how patients with uterine cancer, receiving radiotherapy, experience fatigue, other symptoms and global quality of life. The results showed that fatigue increased significantly during the therapy. Also the other symptoms; loss of appetite, nausea/vomiting and diarrhoea
A great number of patients with gynaecological malignant diseases suffer from severe pain, caused, for example, by bone metastases of breast cancer or tumour infiltration of the pelvis and the lumbar plexus in uterine cancer. Several methods of treatment are available depending upon the origin of
BACKGROUND
We report our personal technique and the preliminary results of percutaneous implantation of intraarterial catheters connected to a subcutaneous infusion reservoir (Port-a-cath) for the regional chemotherapy of hepatic and extrahepatic tumors. January, 1996, to February, 1997 fifty
Emphysematous gastritis is a severe and rare form of gastritis with characteristic findings of intramural gas in the stomach. It is an acute life-threatening condition resulting from gas-producing microorganisms invading the stomach wall. Early diagnosis and initiation of treatment with bowel rest,
An internal hernia is a protrusion of viscera through a congenital or acquired defect in the mesentery of peritoneum. They account for <0.9% of all small bowel obstructions [1] and ~4% of obstructions due to hernias [2]. We present a rare case of closed loop obstruction secondary to a band
Phlegmonous infection involving the digestive tract has been reported to have a poor prognosis. However, the pathogenesis and clinical features of acute phlegmonous esophagitis have remained unclear due to the rarity of the disease. We herein report a case of acute phlegmonous esophagitis that
This phase II study was designed to assess the therapeutic potential of intensive course treatment with three anticancer agents: 50 mg of cisplatin on day 1, 40 mg/m2 of epirubicin on day 2, and 250 mg of 5-fluorouracil on days 2 through 5. Drug courses were repeated every 2 weeks and most patients
Lenvatinib is an oral, multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1-3, fibroblast growth factor receptors 1-4, platelet-derived growth factor receptor β, RET and KIT. Cellular immunotherapy has the potential to be a highly targeted treatment, with low
Studies have shown improved patient quality of life with supportive care rather than aggressive treatment at the end of life. This study evaluated the symptoms that patients in Thailand with gynecologic cancers experienced and the interventions that they received at the end of A 12-year-old boy visited our hospital with complaints of severe upper abdominal pain and vomiting. Marked tenderness was present in the upper abdomen, and a movable hard tumor the size of a fist was felt there. Because abdominal computed tomography scans revealed invagination, an emergency
OBJECTIVE
The purpose is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of aerosol administration of the topoisomerase I inhibitor, 9-nitrocamptothecin, in a liposome formulation, and to recommend a dosage for a Phase II trial for an 8-week daily treatment schedule.
METHODS
Patients with primary or
Objective: Cervical carcinoma is the third most common gynecologic cancer, after ovarian and uterine cancers in Iran. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy (response rate) and toxicity of adding Medium Dose Rate (MDR) brachytherapy with concurrent chemotherapy to External Beam
BACKGROUND
Spontaneous bladder rupture is an extremely rare clinical event that is associated with urinary ascites and apparent acute renal failure. This event is difficult to diagnose clinically, even with advanced techniques such as computed tomography; however, the timely diagnosis of this