... studied whose childhood cancer was treated with direct irradiation near their abdominal and pelvic region developed colorectal ... childhood cancer survivors treated with direct abdomino-pelvic irradiation to be considered for routine colonoscopy screening for ...

Accidental irradiation of an early and unknown pregnancy during abdomino-pelvic computed tomography has not yet been reported, but this situation will certainly occur as the indications for this type of investigation are extended. Assessment of foetal risk depends essentially, as in ordinary radiology, upon the X-ray dose received by the foetus. Only a few ...

In continuing research on the functional changes of the small intestine during therapeutic irradiation, the intestinal absorption of the /sup 59/Fe and 18 patients irradiated on the abdomino-pelvic region was studied. In order to evalunte the avidity of the tissues for the metal the plasmatic T1/2 of a dose of /sup 59/Fe ...

Extended field abdominopelvic radiation therapy delivering a dose of 6000 rad to para-aortic lymph nodes was tolerated without complication by a group of 8 patients. Para-aortic lymph node biopsy specimens from 30 patients by extraperitoneal surgical approach showed that these patients had metastatic involvement from primary squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. Seven of the ...

The removable synthetic ''pelvic spacer'' prevents intestinal loops from sliding down into the area most heavily exposed to irradiation during a full course of radiotherapy for abdominopelvic neoplasia. Furthermore, it provides a homogeneous distribution of roentgenograms and allows higher dosages of radiation. It ...

Purpose: To identify the characteristics, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of radiation enterocolitis requiring surgery in patients with gynecologic malignancies. Methods and Materials: The records of 1,349 patients treated with pelvic radiotherapy were retrospectively reviewed. The majority of the patients (88%) were treated with 50 Gy or 50.4 Gy pelvic irradiation in ...

A plan for staged management of pelvic wound complications after combined surgery and radiation therapy for pelvic cancer is presented. Principles emphasized are as follow: wide drainage and irrigation of infected tissues; creation of an abdominopelvic partition, to exclude bowel and gastrointestinal anastomoses away from the pelvis in order to reestablish intestinal function; ...

A prospective, stratified, randomized study of 190 postoperative ovarian carcinoma patients with Stages IB, II, and III (asymptomatic) presentations is reported. The median time of follow-up was 52 months. Patients in whom bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and hysterectomy (BSOH) could not be completed because of extensive pelvic tumor had a poor prognosis which did not differ for any of the ...

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Ninety-six patients treated with irradiation for epidermoid carcinoma of the uterine cervix were evaluated for the occurrence of subcutaneous tissue of the hypogastrium. They were retrospectively stratified according to time, dose and fractionation (TDF) factors of the subcutaneous tissue, total dose delivered and treatment techniques. In our study only the TDF value of the ...

-253, 1988. [3] I. A. Chang and U. D. Nguyen, "Thermal modeling of lesion growth with radiofrequency ablation-weighted MRI sequences were suggested and tested for the monitoring of hyperthermia and thermal ablations of abdomino-pelvic T 1-weighted real-time thermal mapping of laser ablation," Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Purpose: To report the tolerability and efficacy of twice-daily whole-abdomen irradiation (WAI) for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Methods and Materials: Of 123 patients treated for NHL with WAI, 37% received previous chemotherapy, 28% received WAI as part of comprehensive lymphatic ...

An inflammatory reaction is a classical feature of radiation exposure and appears to be a key event in the development of the acute radiation syndrome. We have investigated the radiation-induced inflammatory response in C57BL6/J mice after total abdominal or total-body irradiation at a dose of 15 Gy. Our goal was to determine the radiation-induced inflammatory response of the ...

Purpose: To evaluate the effect and its mechanism of aminoguanidine (AG) on small-bowel protection after whole-abdominal irradiation (WAI) in rats. Methods and Materials: Male Sprague-Dawley rats (300-400 g) subjected to 12 Gy WAI were used for the study. Aminoguanidine at a dose of 50-800 mg/kg was administered by the gavage route 2 h ...

A technique of moving-strip irradiation of the whole abdomen was utilized in a randomized trial for patients with ovarian cancer. Subjects were classified as being in stages IB, II and III and a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and hysterectomy had been completed. With regards both to 5-year survival and control of occult upper abdominal metastases, ...

Ovarian cancer may be treated with radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, or a combination. To evaluate the contribution of radiation therapy to patient management the cure rate must be estimated; data are presented suggesting that the 5-year survival rate provides a reasonable estimate of the cure rate. A study of patients treated since 1971 showed that stage and postoperative residuum could ...

PurposeRadiation has many potential long-term effects on cancer survivors. Female cancer patients may suffer from decreased fertility depending on the site irradiated. Oncologists should be aware of these consequences and discuss options for fertility preservation prior to initiating therapy.DesignA comprehensive review of the existing literature was conducted. Studies ...

In the patient who has received high dose irradiation of the pelvis and abdomen, all abdominopelvic operations should be avoided, unless it is absolutely essential. Persisting obstruction, hemorrhage, intestinal perforation with peritonitis and with abscess and fistula formation are valid indications for surgical intervention. Ninety-three patients have ...

Purpose: Radiation has many potential long-term effects on cancer survivors. Female cancer patients may experience decreased fertility depending on the site irradiated. Oncologists should be aware of these consequences and discuss options for fertility preservation before initiating therapy. Methods and Materials: A comprehensive review of the existing literature was ...

The improved survival rates among patients with haematological malignancies, such as lymphoma and leukaemia, are shifting areas of focus towards understanding and preventing treatment-induced sequelae. Of these, infertility is one of the most devastating consequences for patients with reproductive potential. The degree of treatment-induced gonadal dysfunction depends on age and gender-related ...

BackgroundThe prognosis for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer remains poor despite aggressive surgical resection and platinum-based chemotherapy. More than 60% of patients will develop recurrent disease, principally intraperitoneal, and die within 5 years. The use of whole abdominal irradiation (WAI) as consolidation therapy would appear to ...

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Abstract: This data set includes inert and major gases (elemental and isotopic composition) in firn air and occluded air in shallow boreholes from the WAIS ...

Histories of Accumulation, Thickness, and WAIS Divide Location, Antarctica ... Start Date: 2002-01-01. Stop Date: 2004-12-31. Location Keywords ...

Dataset Title: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Drilling Site, Antarctica Dataset Release Date: 2009-08-01 ...

Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is an evolving experimental field exploring the technical feasibility and outcome of therapeutic interventions performed through the natural orifices of the body. The knowledge accumulating in NOTES is the result of animal experimentation and ongoing early clinical experience in humans. In this report we describe a patient treated with ...

Adipose tumors are rare in pediatric age and are commonly represented by benign forms: lipoma and lipoblastoma/lipoblastomatosis. Generally localized in subcutaneous tissue of the trunk and extremities, they can exceptionally occur as giant intra-peritoneal or pelvic masses. These tumors could reach considerable size prior to diagnosis since they are asymptomatic. The authors report a case series ...

The narrow genetic background of wheat is the primary factor that has restricted the improvement of crop yield in recent years. The kernel number per spike is the most important factor of the many potential characteristics that determine wheat yield. Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., a wild relative of wheat, has the characteristics of superior numbers of florets and kernels per spike, which are ...

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