Novel Treatment Setup for Urethral Cancer: Use of the Prone Technique for Radiotherapy of the Penis
| Autor: | Marissa Timoteo, Aurash Naser-Tavakolian, Leslie K. Ballas, Raymond Chiu, Cindy Tran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Poor prognosis
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment 030232 urology & nephrology Case Report Malignancy lcsh:RC254-282 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine External beam radiotherapy Urethral cancer Adjuvant radiotherapy Radiotherapy business.industry Prone technique food and beverages lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens medicine.disease Radiation therapy Prone position medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Radiology business Penis |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Oncology, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 268-275 (2018) Case Reports in Oncology |
| ISSN: | 1662-6575 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000488935 |
| Popis: | Urethral cancer (UC) is a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis. Since local recurrence is common and associated with morbidity, case series have reported on the use of adjuvant radiotherapy. Radiotherapy treatment setup for malignancies of the penis can be challenging because of variability in anatomic positioning. This variability can lead to lack of reproducibility. We propose a novel external beam radiotherapy technique for the treatment of UC: prone positioning. This technique has been used to treat breast cancers successfully and can be used to treat any variety of penile malignancies. We present 2 patients who were treated using this positioning. |
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