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Two percent formalin retention enemas for hemorrhagic radiation proctitis: a preliminary report.

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OBJECTIVE The short-term safety and efficacy of 2 percent formalin administered as a retention enema for hemorrhagic radiation proctitis was studied. METHODS A group of 24 patients with hemorrhagic radiation proctitis who received radical radiotherapy were administered 2 percent formalin as a

[Ulcerative colitis and eosinophilic corpus gastritis].

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Ulcerative colitis seldom associated with nutritive and/or salicylate allergy. Authors present a case of both allergic events at the course of the disease. In 1996 a 19-year-old girl was referred with a history of blood in stool as well as diarrhoea, suggesting ulcerative proctitis. Biopsy revealed

[Preoperative concurrent radiochemotherapy for cancer of the rectum].

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OBJECTIVE To evaluate retrospectively treatment-related morbidity of concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy for rectal cancer. METHODS Between 1992 and 1995, 38 patients (median age: 60) were treated for locally advanced resectable rectal cancer. Median dose of radiotherapy was 45 Gy/25

Phase II study of concurrent gemcitabine and radiotherapy in locally advanced stage IIIB cervical carcinoma.

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OBJECTIVE The aims of this phase II study were to investigate the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of gemcitabine in combination with radiation in chemonaive patients with advanced cervical cancer. METHODS Nineteen patients with advanced stage IIIB cervical cancer received 300 mg/m2 of gemcitabine

Does chronic radiation enteritis pose a diagnostic challenge? A report of three cases.

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We present three cases of late radiation enteritis, all admitted through the accident and emergency unit and managed in the surgical department. All presented with acute symptoms. Two had abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting and in these two cases, plain radiology and computed tomography scans

Prospective phase II study of brachytherapy boost as a component of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and external beam radiation therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer.

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OBJECTIVE The aim of the current study is to assess the response rate and toxicity profile in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer using brachytherapy (BT) boost following external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), concomitant with chemotherapy as a component of the neoadjuvant

Comparison of clinical efficacy of three different neoadjuvant approaches (chemotherapy combined vaginal intracavitary irradiation, neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone or radiotherapy) combined with surgery for patients with stage Ib2 and IIa2 cervical cancer.

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A total of 285 patients with stage Ib2 and IIa2 cervical cancer were categorized into three groups, and received preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with vaginal intracavitary irradiation, neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone or radiotherapy, respectively. The effective rate of 70.6 % in group

Radiochemotherapy versus radiotherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer: a meta-analysis.

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OBJECTIVE The objectives of this review are to compare the effectiveness and safety of radiochemotherapy (RTCT) with radiotherapy (RT) alone in locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC). METHODS We comprehensively searched the Cochrane library, Medline, EMBASE, Chinese biomedicine literature database,

Management of radiation and chemotherapy related acute toxicity in gastrointestinal cancer.

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Possible toxic effects following radiation and chemotherapy of gastrointestinal tumours may cause a depletion of the mucosal barrier within the radiation volumes with severe mucositis. Diarrhoea, nausea, emesis and severe malabsorption followed by infections with dehydration and electrolyte

Frequency and Severity of Acute Toxicity of Pelvic Radiotherapy for Gynecological Cancer.

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OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and severity of acute toxicity of pelvic radiotherapy for gynecological cancer. METHODS A case series. METHODS Department of Oncology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from March 2011 to June 2012. METHODS A total of 99 patients with histologically

Allergic enteritis in children.

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The gastrointestinal form of food allergy is very common in children. The most frequently observed types are allergic proctitis and proctocolitis. In most cases the symptoms subside within the first 2 months of life. The babies seem healthy, and the only abnormality is a small amount of blood in

Chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone in locally advanced cervical cancer: a randomized study.

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Between August 1990 and January 1992, 184 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, FIGO stage IIB-IVA, were randomized to receive either two cycles of bleomycin, ifosfamide-mesna, and cis-platinum (BIP) chemotherapy (CT) followed by radiotherapy (RT) ("CT-RT group," n = 94) or RT alone

Addition of oxaliplatin to continuous fluorouracil, l-folinic acid, and concomitant radiotherapy in rectal cancer: the Lyon R 97-03 phase I trial.

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OBJECTIVE Oxaliplatin could increase the efficacy of fluorouracil (5-FU)/folinic acid chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer. We tested three dose levels to identify a feasible oxaliplatin dose for combination therapy. METHODS Between February 1998 and April 2000, we included 17 rectal adenocarcinoma

Prevention of acute radiation-induced proctosigmoiditis by balsalazide: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial in prostate cancer patients.

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OBJECTIVE A common complication of pelvic radiotherapy (RT) is acute radiation-induced proctosigmoiditis (RIPS), for which a multitude of therapies have been tried. The 5-aminosalicylates (5-ASA), which are traditionally used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, have been tested; however, all but

[Comparison of two different chemotherapy regimens for concurrent chemoradiotherapy in stage Ib2 to IVa squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix].

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OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of two chemotherapy regimens for concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with stage Ib2 to IVa squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. METHODS Between November 2007 and November 2011, 146 patients with stage Ib2 to IVa squamous cell

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