William Small

..To develop recommendations for the use of adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy after hysterectomy and update previous American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) guidelines...

..To develop an atlas of the clinical target volume (CTV) definitions for postoperative radiotherapy of endometrial and cervical cancer to be used for planning pelvic intensity-modulated radiotherapy...

..This study assessed safety and efficacy of full-dose gemcitabine administered before and during concurrent three-dimensional conformal radiation (3D-CRT) in patients with nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer...

..This report presents the results of part 2...

..To describe radiotherapeutic practice of the treatment of endometrial cancer in members of the Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG)...

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..To evaluate response rate, survival, and toxicity in patients with nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer treated with gemcitabine, bevacizumab, and radiotherapy...

..Uterine perforation by the tandem is common and often undetected by orthogonal radiographs. The role of ultrasound in guiding tandem placement remains controversial...

..This manuscript reports the results of Part 1...

..Investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics, nodal distribution, and postoperative treatment of patients with FIGO stage IIIC endometrial carcinoma and determine patterns of recurrence and survival...

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..Future investigations need to focus on understanding the molecular nature of this malignancy, with the goal of developing interventions based on this knowledge...

..We report the results of a multi-institutional phase II trial that used preoperative full-dose gemcitabine and radiotherapy for patients with potentially resectable pancreatic carcinoma...

..To review the toxicity and clinical outcomes for patients who underwent repeat chest wall or breast irradiation (RT) after local recurrence...

..To determine the efficacy and patterns of initial failure for oral celecoxib, intravenous cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil and concurrent pelvic radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced cancer of the cervix...

..The trial should provide important information on the potential for adjunctive amifostine use in chemoradiation therapy for cervical cancer...

..Our goals were to examine the impact of neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer on surgical outcomes and to determine prognostic factors predicting improved survival...

..Chemotherapy alone in advanced-stage patients is a consideration, given the results of the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG)-122 trial...

..To investigate the change in creatinine clearance (CrCl) over time following upper abdominal radiation utilizing a dose-volume histogram (DVH) multivariate analysis...

..To update the treatment of brain metastases in gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) at the Brewer Trophoblastic Disease Center, comparing treatment and outcomes from 1995-2009 with those from 1962-1994...

..To assess the effect of components separation on abdominal volume and pulmonary function after repair of hernias with loss of domain...

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..Recognizing which patients are likely to benefit from combination therapy or systemic therapy alone is a subject of future and ongoing clinical trials...

..Although highly effective, radiotherapy can be associated with significant complications. Amifostine has been shown to be an effective radioprotector in head and neck malignancies. Preliminary evidence suggests a role in cervical cancer...

..To develop a guideline for quality practice of low-dose-rate (LDR) and pulsed-dose-rate (PDR) brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer...

..To survey the current postoperative recommendations for radiotherapy (RT) in patients with endometrial cancer, with an emphasis on vaginal brachytherapy (VBT)...

..This expert panel was convened to reach consensus on the selection of appropriate therapies based on patient and disease characteristics at presentation...

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..Combined modality therapy has played an increasingly important role in the treatment of gynecologic malignancies and its role continues to evolve and expand...

..02). CONCLUSION: In renal allograft transplant recipients who experienced acute rejection episodes refractory to modern chemical immunosuppression, LGI was well tolerated and remains a viable salvage treatment option...

..To define a male and female pelvic normal tissue contouring atlas for Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trials...

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..It will review available data and will discuss future directions in the GI field...

..We analyzed survival outcomes of patients with resected extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and examined the effect of adjuvant RT...

..Our aim was to evaluate the utility of bladder and rectal dosimetry for patients receiving HDR-VB for postoperative treatment of endometrial carcinoma...

..The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the efficacy of the clitoral therapy device (Eros Therapy) in alleviating sexual dysfunction in irradiated cervical cancer patients...

..Sophisticated planning/delivery methods, such as intensity modulation, plus radioprotectors such as amifostine, hold promise to reduce the incidence of RT-induced lung injury...

..The separation of parts technique is able to close large ventral hernias without a high incidence of pulmonary complications as a result of its ability to expand the abdominal domain without a change in diaphragmatic height...

..Here they report the results of a phase I/II trial of gemcitabine, cisplatin, and 5-FU for patients with advanced gastrointestinal malignancies...

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..However, the use of MPR images alone still resulted in an unacceptably high number of missed soft tissue and even skeletal findings. A combined approach where both data sets are simultaneously available is therefore preferred...