treatment of low grade bladder tumors

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 15:21

... surface(×40) of this entity: low- grade Low Power photomicrographadenocarcinoma of the sinonaLow Power photomicrograph (×40) of this entity: low- grade non-intestinal tubulopapillary adenocarcinoma of the ... invaginations of the former Subsequently, some pathologists began to classify these tumours solely as high -grade or low- grade adenocarcinomas based on their histological appearance [5] In view of the ... current WHO classification [7] of these tumours considers two categories: intestinal and non-intestinal types of high and low grade sub-types In addition, sinonasal tumours of the salivary gland type...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... simultaneous irradiation of multiple lesions The lack of a requirement for the use of a head-frame allows for staged treatment Since the planning system has access to a large number of potential non-isocentric ... single measure of how well the treatment dose distribution of a specific radiation treatment plan conforms to the size and shape of the target volume In general, the conformity index of a given radiosurgical ... appropriate treatment option for many patients [5] However, single-fraction radiosurgical treatment may be difficult because of the potentially large size and irregular shapes of these tumors Their...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... (range, 0.9 – 3.5 cm) Treatment characteristics Three equal fractions of 15 to 20 Gy were delivered in an average of days (Table 3) Treatment plans were composed of hundreds of pencil beams shaped ... Statistical analysis Follow-up was determined from the date of the last treatment Two-sided Wilcoxon signed-ranks tests were used to assess statistical significance (α = 0.05) of post -treatment changes ... Following treatment, acute toxicity consisting of mild brief fatigue was reported in the majority of patients Transient chest wall discomfort, typically lasting several weeks, developed in of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... entity better Table 1: Summary of reported cases of myofibroblastic sarcoma of the bone Authors No of cases Age/Gender Site of tumour Size of tumour Therapy Follow-up Majno G[5] 49/M Jaw cm WR ... digital fibromatosis, myofibromatosis, mammary myofibroblastoma, dermatomyofibroma, cutaneous myofibroma and angiomyofibroblastoma have been described as composed primarily of myofibroblasts [1] In ... microfilaments This was suggestive of a myofibroblastic nature (Figure 4) The histomorphological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features suggested a final diagnosis of lowgrade myofibroblastic...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... application of laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for treatment of low rectal cancer" with goals: Study lymphadenectomy in laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for treatment of low rectal ... evaluating the results of LAPR for treatment of low rectal cancer The thesis reports lymphadenectomy results of laparoscopic surgery ensures oncology principles through analysis of number of harvested ... motor nerves control movement of anal sphincter 1.1.4 The lymphatics of the rectum: * Lymphatics of mesentery of rectum * Lymphatics of ischiorectal cavity * Lymphatics of rectal wall peritoneum...

Ngày tải lên: 10/10/2014, 23:25

... to detect low- grade mosaicism Detection of low- grade mosaicism involves many factors, like the type and number of tissues analyzed, the number of cells studied and the sensitivity of the techniques ... baseline cut-off value of 0.897% was obtained with a sensitivity of 63.6% and a specificity of 100%.The results showed that the recommended cut-off value was 1% which was obtained by rounding off the ... 4.4.1: Definition of value for low grade mosaicism 70 iv CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION 73 CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION 84 CHAPTER 7: REFERENCES 86 CHAPTER 8: APPENDIX 96 v SUMMARY Detection of low grade mosaicism...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2015, 15:45

... limit of pore size in the BBTB of the microvasculature of early, less mature and smaller malignant brain tumor colonies is to nanometers lower than that of the BBTB of the microvasculature of late, ... formation of new anatomic defects within and between endothelial cells of the BBB following disruption of the overlaying glycocalyx On the basis of our recent findings[73,74], in the context of what ... randomized trial of surgery in the treatment of single metastases to the brain New England Journal of Medicine 1990, 322:494 Jellinger K, Volc D, Grisold W: Multimodality treatment of malignant gliomas...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... that of Ad5IL-12 IT treatment Our results support earlier Page of 10 Figure Intratumor injection with Ad5IL-12 or week treatment with RU486 attenuates the growth of human LNCaP tumors Xenograft tumors ... a small subset of Page of 10 patients (20 to 25% of all cases of disease) [38] What could account for this small percentage of tumors found to be responsive to glucocorticoid treatment is the ... growth of TRAMP-C1 tumors (A) TRAMP-C1 tumors established in C57BL/6 mice were treated at week following tumor cell inoculation by IT injection with 50 μl of PBS containing × 108 pfu of Ad5IL-12...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... process and are of the spectrum of low- grade sarcomas According to the same authors, several cases of LGFMS presented the pattern of miniature rosettes that had been overlooked at the time of the initial ... Editor-in-Chief of this journal Author details Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece 2Department of Pathology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, ... component include myxomas, low- grade myxofibrosarcoma, angiomyxomas, myxoid liposarcoma, and myxoid neurofibroma Tumors with mixed myxoid and fibrous morphologies include neurofibroma, fibromatosis,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... stain, 100X magnification) Figure Macroscopic appearances of a low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma tumour Figure Microscopic appearances of a low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma tumour (H&E stain, 40X magnification) ... features The differential diagnosis includes other benign or low- grade fibromyxoid lesions, including low- grade myxofibrosarcoma, myxoid neurofibroma, perineuroma, myxoid solitary fibrous tumour and ... of normal tissue There were no cases of intra-lesional excision The mean maximum diameter of the resected tumours was 84.3 mm (range 20-150 mm) Three patients were lost to follow-up Mean follow-up...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... stain, 100X magnification) Figure Macroscopic appearances of a low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma tumour Figure Microscopic appearances of a low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma tumour (H&E stain, 40X magnification) ... features The differential diagnosis includes other benign or low- grade fibromyxoid lesions, including low- grade myxofibrosarcoma, myxoid neurofibroma, perineuroma, myxoid solitary fibrous tumour and ... of normal tissue There were no cases of intra-lesional excision The mean maximum diameter of the resected tumours was 84.3 mm (range 20-150 mm) Three patients were lost to follow-up Mean follow-up...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... coll (35 patients, with a diagnosis of LMS of the bladder) showed a years disease-specific survival of 62%, with a 34% recurrence rate at a median follow-up of 38 months, with both local and distant ... mesenchymal malignancy of the bladder with leiomyosarcoma as most common histology, according to two retrospective reviews of mesenchymal genitourinary tumors [3,4] Considering the whole of the cases reported ... Leiomyosarcoma of the bladder (Hematoxylin and eosin) Ricciardi et al World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2010, 8:16 http://www.wjso.com/content/8/1/16 Figure Leiomyosarcoma of the bladder (Smooth...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:21

... survival None of the tumors types (including GIST tumors) received neoadjuvant treatment R1 and R2 GIST tumors received Imatinib as palliative treatment R1 and R2 liposarcomas were also offered palliative ... sarcomas for a total of 101 contacts Sixty-five of 73 (89%) primary sarcomas had surgery, and 22 of 28 (79%) patients with recurrent disease were Page of considered operable (p = 0.11) Of these 87 operations, ... resection was achieved in 51 of 65 (78%) of the patients with primary tumor and 11 of 22 (50%) of the patients with first-recurrence (p < 0.01) Histopathologically, 39% of IaRS were GIST, liposarcomas...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... Metastatic Leydig cell tumor of the testis: Report of three cases and review of the literature Cancer 1986, 58:2116-2119 Bertram KA, Bratloff B, Hodges GF, Davidson H: Treatment of malignant Leydig cell ... of back pain Plain films of the spine showed an "ivory" vertebra at T4 CT scan depicted a definite abnormality in the body of T4 with no evidence of general metastatic disease There was no soft ... absence of symptoms and tenderness, a "wait and see" policy was adopted Figure AP X ray of Thoracic spine AP X ray of Thoracic spine Page of (page number not for citation purposes) World Journal of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... diagnosis of low grade MEST because of the presence of cellular pleomorphism of the stromal component 26 months after surgery, the patient is still alive, with no evidence of disease In our case the low- grade ... portion of both right and left vas deferens ° radical cysto-prostatectomy # radical cystoprostatectomy and low anterior resection of the rectum = tumorectomy, removal of a portion of the bladder, of ... grading of stromal component, the WHO classification categorised MESTs in low or high grade, depending on mitotic activity and necrosis [1] But the number of mitosis is not specified In the high-grade...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... effective treatment option for small and/or low- grade malignant neoplasms as well as for pancreatic metastases located in the midportion of the pancreas, since it is associated with a low risk of exocrine ... for the treatment of benign or low- grade malignant exocrine and endocrine neoplasms such as islet cell carcinoma, vipoma, mucinous cystadenomas, cystadenocarcinoma, cystic papillary tumors, intraductal ... small, benign or low- grade malignant tumors such as endocrine and cystic neoplasms located in the neck of the pancreas The rationale for CP is to remove the neoplasm with preservation of the functional...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:22

... cancer treated with IMRT presented a lower incidence of acute grade (medication for diarrhea) GI toxicities (9.5% Vs 65%; p < 0.01) Absence of any symptom (grade 0) was more frequently found in ... rectal cancer (Table 6) Discussion Use of IMRT in the treatment of pelvic tumors has been increasing throughout the world for more than a decade Our results of acute toxicity among patients in the ... benefit of IMRT in the treatment of Table Crude incidence of acute GU toxicity in both groups according to RTOG/EORTC acute radiation morbidity criteria in patients with rectal cancer Grade IMRT...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/9 A C Page of B D Figure Conventional MR imaging, Target volume and Dosimetry of a Low- grade Glioma A left thalamic low- grade oligodendroglioma in a 10 year-old ... characteristics, as recently proposed for predicting risk of recurrence in adult lowgrade gliomas [10] In this case, the typical combination of a focused area of high permeability strictly superimposed on ... perfusion MR imaging measurements in a series of adult high -grade gliomas [11] Consequently, we favoured the hypothesis of a delayed radiation injury and began a treatment with oral steroids (prednisone)...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... T3/T4 and/or N1/N2 tumors [1,2] The strategy of performing preoperative instead of postoperative treatment, has the proven advantages of lower acute toxicity [3-6], lower total dose of radiation needed ... as stage (T0N0M0) Follow-up Follow-up was performed at every months in the first two years following completion of surgery, and at a minimum of months thereafter At each follow-up all patients ... second primary tumor Of these, two had lung cancer and died; one had low grade non Hodgkin's lymphoma and is alive with no evidence of disease; one had bladder cancer and died of causes unrelated...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20