chemotherapy/atrophy

Twenty-nine consecutive patients 2-35 years old underwent serial thoracic CT evaluations for metastatic disease. Thymic volumes were determined for each patient during cycles of chemotherapy and were compared with the patient's clinical status. This group included patients with Hodgkin's disease (13

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of clinical, treatment- and dose-dependent factors on posttreatment swallowing function after induction chemotherapy and definitive chemoradiotherapy in a group of homogeneously treated laryngopharyngeal cancer patients. METHODS From 28 May 2008 to 15 February

Intrathecal chemotherapy including methotrexate is well documented for neurotoxicity of diverse clinical manifestation. Acute or chronic leukoencephalopathy is the most common type of methotrexate-induced neurotoxicity, and subacute myelopathy is rare. Although its pathogenesis is not fully

The MRI showed encephalopathy and brain atrophy of the left parietal lobe, occipital lobe and temporal lobe and decreased infiltration of the dura mater on T2-weighted imaging. But encephalopathy and brain atrophy could be improved with neurotrophic drugs and additional intelligence

Serial thoracic CT scans of 50 consecutive patients with testicular cancer were reviewed. In 30 of them with metastatic disease treated according to the Einhorn Scheme changes in thymic size caused by cytostatic agents were studied. During chemotherapy 78.6 per cent of all patients examined

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for proximal gastric cancer has shown promise in early clinical trials. We report on a clinical deterioration, yet near-complete pathological and radiological response to a combination of cisplatin and fluorouracil in a patient with locally-advanced gastric adenocarcinoma.

Chemotherapy-related neurotoxicity (CRNT) is an emerging public health concern. Visual pathway degeneration may be a symptom of CRNT. We surveyed the current literature for evidence of visual pathway degeneration in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. A systematic review was conducted in PubMed.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate computed tomography (CT) imaging findings of hyperdense thymic atrophy after chemotherapy in pediatric patients with extrathoracic malignancies. Methods: