简介:Braintumorsincidenceinpediatricagehasbeenestimatedbetween1.3to5%witharelativeincidenceof1.4to11%duringthefirstyearoflife;theimprovementininstrumentaldeviceshasleadtoarelativeincreaseinprecociousdiag-nosis.Thechoicetostudybraintumorsofthefirstyearoflifeasaseparatetopicfrompediatricageonesdependsontheobservationthatthesele-sionshavepeculiarclinical,topographicandtis-sularcharacteristics.Thesurvivalrateofthesepatientsisverypoorifcomparedwiththatfound
简介:Objective:Toinvestigatetherecurrencesites,riskfactors,andprognosisofpatientswithpersistentorrecurrentsquamouscellcarcinoma(SCC)ofthecervixwithinoneyearafterundergoingconcurrentchemoradiotherapy(CCRT).Methods:Clinicaldataof30patientswithpersistentorrecurrentSCCofthecervixwithinoneyearafterCCRTbetweenJuly2006andJuly2011wereanalyzedretrospectively.Thesedatawerecomparedwiththoseof35SCCcaseswithnosignsofrecurrenceaftercompleteremission.These35patientsweretreatedduringthesameperiod(between2006and2011)andselectedrandomly.Results:Amongthese30patients,25exhibiteddistantmetastasesofwhich14wereobservedwithin6monthsafterCCRT.Univariateanalysisshowedhigherincidenceofpelvicorpara-aorticlymphadenectasisandSCC-ag>10ng/mLinthegroupwithpersistentorrecurrentdiseasebeforetreatment(P<0.01).Multivariateanalysisbylogisticregressionrevealedthatthepre-therapeuticpelvicorpara-aorticlymphnodeenlargementandSCC-ag>10ng/mLweretheindependentriskfactors.Palliativechemotherapywasthemaintreatmentoptionforpatientswithpersistentorrecurrentdisease.The2-yearsurvivalratewas21.7%,andthemediansurvivaltimewas17months.Conclusion:PatientswithpersistentorrecurrentSCCofthecervixafterCCRTexhibitedahighrateofdistantmetastasiswithpoorprognosis.Thepre-therapeuticpelvicorpara-aorticlymphnodeenlargementandSCC-ag>10ng/mLwereidentifiedastheindependentriskfactorsforpersistentorrecurrentSCCwithin1yearafterCCRT.