...), larynx, and sinuses. Treatment options for head and neck cancer include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, with specific treatment plans depending upon individual tumor location and staging, together with overall patient health status. Furthermore, definitive chemoradiotherapy...

... established and overall prognosis remains poor. As of now, no clear therapeutic guidelines are established and management of advanced PUC often involves surgery which can have negative functional and psychological outcomes for the patient. Few authors have already reported the use of chemoradiotherapy alone...

... of the gastrointestinal tract. We present the first case of PI following radiation-induced esophagitis during chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for lung cancer. A 74-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was treated with CRT for lung cancer. During the treatment, he presented with vomiting...

... after chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer. A 61-year-old man with dysphagia was diagnosed with locally advanced esophageal cancer with para-aortic lymph node metastasis. Laboratory blood test did not reveal any abnormality except mild macrocytic anemia. To alleviate dysphagia due to malignant...

... ed.), which was indicated for definitive chemoradiotherapy. Two months after completing a definitive chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer, a fixed induration developed under the surgical wound along with the surgical tract of the biopsy site. Physical examination and 18 F-FDG-PET/computed tomography led...

... to in the content or advertisements. Germ cell tumor Choriocarcinoma Multimodal treatment Brain metastases Chemoradiotherapy Choriocarcinoma is a highly aggressive and vascular germ cell tumor that occurs mostly in men aged 20–39 years. It has a tendency to grow rapidly, with a high risk of tumor...

... and there was concern about radiation dermatitis. We were able to administer chemoradiotherapy with sufficient nutrition via an enteral feeding tube via esophagostomy. PTEG is a very useful tool in patients at risk of radiation dermatitis of the abdomen. A 71-year-old man was admitted to our hospital...

... cancer and solitary cutaneous nodular metastasis in the right labia majora identified at the initial diagnosis that was successfully treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy. She arrived at our hospital with complaints of an enlarging perineal itching nodule. Genital and rectal examination detected...

.... Gastrointestinal endoscopy and bronchoscopy demonstrated a fistula in the middle intrathoracic esophagus and the left main bronchus. The patient’s symptoms gradually improved, and the fistula was closed after the suspension of chemoradiotherapy. Radiotherapy was resumed and completed on day 82. However, on day 108...

...Tetsuya Yokoyama; Seiji Shinozaki; Hidenobu Arimura; Keita Nakatomi; Hiroshi Wataya Various adverse events can occur during antineoplastic therapy. A 67-year-old diabetic woman developed an emphysematous urinary tract infection (UTI) associated with chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer. She had...

... and a poor prognosis. Although there are several case reports describing the successful treatment of PCAC with chemoradiotherapy or molecular targeting therapy, no standard therapy for the treatment of advanced PCAC has been established yet. Since receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL...

... approach using a temozolomide-based chemoradiotherapy has limited efficiency on patients in the RTOG RPA V–VI classes. The activity of the antiangiogenic monoclonal antibody bevacizumab is well defined in recurrent glioblastoma, despite the fact that its impact on survival is not yet established. We...

... of radiotherapy (total 61 Gy) was completed. The next endoscopy revealed closure of the TEF. Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been reported to close TEF in esophageal cancer, but the risk of a CRT-induced worsening of the fistula has dissuaded physicians from using CRT to treat TEF in lung cancer patients. CRT may...