Web of Science 9   Cited By 7

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the major but underreported concerns in cancer patients and survivors. It can lead to depression, lack of intimacy between the couple, and impaired quality of life. The causes of erectile dysfunction are psychological distress and endocrinal dysfunction caused by cancer itself or side effect of anticancer treatment like surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy....

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00332   

  Web of Science 6   Cited By 5

Radiotherapy is used as definitive treatment in approximately two-thirds of all cancers. However, like any treatment, radiation has significant acute and long-term side effects including secondary malignancies. Even when similar radiation parameters are used, 5%–10% of patients will experience adverse radiation side effects. Genomic susceptibility is thought to be responsible for approximately 40% of the clinical variability observed. In the...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00556   

  Web of Science 8   Cited By 8

Purpose: The details of breast reconstruction and radiation therapy (RT) vary between institutions; therefore, we sought to investigate the practice patterns of radiation oncologists who specialize in breast cancer. Materials and Methods: We identified the practice patterns and inter-hospital variations from a multi-center cohort of women with breast cancer who underwent post-mastectomy RT (PMRT) to the reconstructed breast at 16 institutions...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00738   

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Purpose: We retrospectively evaluated the prognostic significance of lymph node ratio (LNR) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who underwent neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiation therapy (NCRT) followed by surgery. Materials and Methods: In total, 270 patients who underwent NCRT followed by surgery between August 2005 and December 2015 were included. They were divided into three groups: LNR 0 (n = 196),...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00850   

  Web of Science 6   Cited By 6

Background: Evaluate morbidities and “quality” of fiducial marker placement in primary liver tumours (hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC]) for CyberKnife. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six HCC with portal vein thrombosis(PVT) were evaluated for “quality” of fiducial placement, placement time, pain score, complications, recovery time and factors influencing placement. Results: One hundred eight fiducials were placed in 36 patients. Fiducial placement radiation oncologist score was...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00472   

  Web of Science 1   Cited By 2

Purpose The purpose of the study is to analyze the overall survival, relapse-free survival, and relapse patterns of adjuvant sequential chemoradiation for gallbladder cancers after curative resection in patients with poor performance status. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed clinical records of gallbladder patients with pathologic stage T2-4 or node positivity treated with sequential chemoradiation at our institute between January 2015 and January...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00626   

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Purpose: To assess and compare the dosimetric parameters obtained between three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT), three-dimensional field-in-field (3DFIF), 5-field intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT MF5), tangential IMRT (tIMRT), tangential volumetric modulated arc therapy (tVMAT), electronic tissue compensation (Ecomp), and Hybrid treatment plans. Material and Methods: Thirty planning computed tomography datasets obtained from patients previously treated with whole breast radiation therapy (WBRT) were utilized...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00619   

  Web of Science 1   Cited By 2

Primary intracranial mesenchymal neoplasms are rare tumors. These tumors are usually metastatic disease from other primary sites. We presented a 31-year-old man with a 6-month history of gradually enlarging frontal mass and positional headache. There was no other symptom demonstrating other organs’ involvement. The patient underwent an uncomplicated craniotomy with clear surgical margins. The pathology review and the immunohistochemistry staining...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00577   

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We reported a successful case management of G3 skin acute dermatitis in a 32-year-old woman affected by locally advanced breast cancer underwent adjuvant chest wall irradiation. Skin acute toxicity with dry desquamation areas was treated daily with dressing medication using physiological solution, oxygen therapy and applying hyaluronic acid gauze. At the end of radiotherapy treatment, G3 skin acute dermatitis with...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2020.00983