... as interposition flap, that can be used in almost every patient with RUF after radiotherapy, regardless of having or not a concomitant posterior urethra or bladder neck stricture or contracture that might require a simultaneous urethroplasty. The interposition flap includes well vascularized subcutaneous fat...

...). Conclusions: Radiation therapy in the post-prostatectomy setting was associated with increased risk of radiation cystitis compared with radiotherapy as the primary treatment. Demographic features and tumor characteristics are shown in Table  1 . The median follow-up time was 56 months (interquartile range...

...Ozan Cem Guler; Ezgi Oymak; Pervin Hurmuz; Guler Yavas; Burak Tilki; Cagdas Yavas; Gokhan Ozyigit; Cem Onal Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical outcomes of metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) using stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in patients with synchronous...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Radiotherapy Radiation urethritis Radiation cystitis Prevention Treatment Research...

...Shuai Liu; Xiao-ying Wang; Tian-bao Huang; Xiao-xi Ma; Zhi-zhong Xia; Liu-biao Tang; Tong-sheng Zhao; Guang-chen Zhou Background: It has been reported that compared with no local therapy (NLT), patients treated with local therapy (LT) using radiotherapy (RT) possess higher survival rate...

...Chenhui Xiang; Xiaoyong Liu; Shenglong Chen; Pengqiao Wang Radiotherapy (RT) is applied in prostate cancer patients with a biochemical recurrence (BcR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). However, for the patients with persistent PSA but not undergoing the process of BcR, it remains unknown whether...

... recurrence. Adjuvant therapy for radical prostatectomy (RP) or local radiotherapy (RT) has a role in certain at-risk patients, although it is not recommended in low-risk PCa owing to the significant side-effects associated with RT and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The recommendations for salvage...

...Omar Fahmy; Mohd Ghani Khairul-Asri; Syed H.S.M. Hadi; Georgios Gakis; Arnulf Stenzl Background: The role of radical prostatectomy (RP) is still controversial for locally advanced prostate cancer (PC). Radiotherapy (RT) and hormonal therapy (HT) are usually used as a primary treatment. Material...

... to the presence of a scrotum black papule for 20 months. Wide local excision was performed, and histology revealed a malignant melanoma. Chest and abdominal CT revealed metastatic disease, so chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiotherapy were administered. We describe the evolution over 1 year in this unusual...

... treated with radiochemotherapy (RCT), 4.1% with radiotherapy (RT), 1.4% with systemic chemotherapy and 1.4% with radical cystectomy (RC). Of the 71 patients suffering from MIBC, 39 (54.9%) received TURBT alone. A potentially curative therapy was performed on 31 of the 71 patients with MIBC (43.7...

... 1 (CS1) seminoma. Patients and Methods: During 2008-2013, 1,050 patients with seminoma CS1 were prospectively registered with regard to assessing management modality (radiotherapy, carboplatin, surveillance). Associations with tumor size, rete testis invasion, age, year of diagnosis, type...

..., improve quality of life and in some cases even improve survival. External beam radiotherapy may effectively give pain relief in patients with painful bone metastases. In bone metastases from castration-resistant prostate cancer or urothelial bladder cancer, treatment with zoledronic acid or denosumab may...

... and late in their disease. Bone metastases can lead to skeletal-related events (SREs) or hypercalcemia. SREs include the need for analgetic radiotherapy to the bone, pathological fractures requiring radiotherapy or surgery and spinal cord compression. SREs are associated with an increased risk of death...

... of adjuvant radiotherapy. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 76 patients with TCC of the renal pelvis and ureter without distant metastasis who underwent curative-intent surgery. No locoregional or distant failure occurred in 19 patients with pTa-1 tumor, and we...

...Lu Yang; Shengqiang Qian; Liangren Liu; Chunxiao Pu; Haichao Yuan; Ping Han; Qiang Wei Objective: This systematic review was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5i) in the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) after radiotherapy for prostate cancer...

... as good overall control of the disease. Renal cell carcinoma Sunitinib Radiotherapy © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel 2010 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form...

.... Cervical cancer Exenteration Gynecological cancer Radiotherapy Tumor recurrence Urinary diversion Urologia Internationalis Original Paper Urol Int 2010;85:16 22 DOI: 10.1159/000296300 Received: December 10, 2009 Accepted after revision: December 17, 2009 Published online: March 17, 2010 The Role...

... from hypernephroma. Seven patients received surgery plus radiotherapy, 2 patients fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy, and 13 patients whole-brain irradiation in either conventional or accelerated fractionation to a total dose of 30 Gy. Local results, clinical course, and survival were most...

... to compare the usefulness of these markers during and after radiotherapy serum samples from 24 patients treated with external beam irradiation were analyzed. PAP was only slightly positive in 1 patient (4%) after radiotherapy. His PSA level was highly elevated and he died of progressive disease. In the other...

...J. Palou; J.M. Banus; J. Bellmunt; J. Carulla; R. Egido We present herewith a case of Wilms’ tumor in an adult patient. He underwent radical surgery, chemotherapy (adriamycin, actinomycin, vincristine and cyclophosphamide) and radiotherapy. He is alive and free of disease after 48 months of follow...