scholarly journals Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma metastasizing to the penile shaft

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Bell ◽  
Fadi Brimo ◽  
Sungmi Jung ◽  
Armen G. Aprikian

We present the case of a 50-year-old man with a periurethral mass. He was previously known for sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma (SEF) of the left foot, having an amputation for local recurrence with >2 cm negative margins. A solid periurethral mass was surgically excised seven months later, yielding the diagnosis of metastatic SEF. This is the first documented metastasis of SEF to the penis. These sarcomas have proven difficult to treat, with high recurrence rates despite a multimodal approach.

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Shukla ◽  
K. Batra ◽  
R. Sekhon ◽  
S. Giri ◽  
S. Rawal

Objectives: (a) To understand the profile of cervical cancer patients attending our hospital from January 2011 till January 2015. (b) To audit the type of care given to the patients with respect to their stage at presentation. (c) To compare the outcomes of open v/s robotic radical hysterectomy done for cervical cancer. Methods: We prospectively analyzed all cases of cervical cancer from January 2011 to January 2015 presenting at our institute. Data was retrieved from patient’s records and institute’s tumor registry. We compared all patients undergoing open v/s robotic RH. All the data were analysed using SPSS version 21. Results: A total of 562 patients were treated for cervical cancer during the time period between 2011-2015. Of these there were 316 (56%) cases taken up for surgery-212 robotic RH, 104 open radical hysterectomy and rest 246 (44%) patients received definitive CCRT. Most common age group was 40-54 yrs. IB1 stage was most common presenting stage. SCC was most common histology (75%). Immediate post op complication and oncological safety in terms of local recurrence was same in both groups. However length of stay and post operative blood requirement was significantly lower in robotic RH group. 45% of all patients who underwent surgery did not require adjuvant therapy in post op period while 35% patient required post op RT and 20% CCRT. 2.2% patient had local recurrence and most of the patients were in stage IIA1 at presentation. Conclusion: Cervical cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in our hospital registry. Mostly women were in the age group of 40-54 years. Most common stage at presentation was 1B and the histology being SCC. Not many differences seen in open v/s robotic techniques of radical hysterectomy except for shorter hospital stay and less need of blood transfusion in the robotic group. Local recurrence rates are comparable in both open and robotic groups.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3911
Author(s):  
Markus Notter ◽  
Emanuel Stutz ◽  
Andreas R. Thomsen ◽  
Peter Vaupel

Background: Radiation-associated angiosarcoma of the breast (RAASB) is a rare, challenging disease, with surgery being the accepted basic therapeutic approach. In contrast, the role of adjuvant and systemic therapies is a subject of some controversy. Local recurrence rates reported in the literature are mostly heterogeneous and are highly dependent on the extent of surgery. In cases of locally recurrent or unresectable RAASB, prognosis is very poor. Methods: We retrospectively report on 10 consecutive RAASB patients, most of them presenting with locally recurrent or unresectable RAASB, which were treated with thermography-controlled water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) superficial hyperthermia (HT) immediately followed by re-irradiation (re-RT). Patients with RAASB were graded based on their tumor extent before onset of radiotherapy (RT). Results: We recorded a local control (LC) rate dependent on tumor extent ranging from a high LC rate of 100% (two of two patients) in the adjuvant setting with an R0 or R2 resection to a limited LC rate of 33% (one of three patients) in patients with inoperable, macroscopic tumor lesions. Conclusion: Combined HT and re-RT should be considered as an option (a) for adjuvant treatment of RAASB, especially in cases with positive resection margins and after surgery of local recurrence (LR), and (b) for definitive treatment of unresectable RAASB.


2020 ◽  
pp. bjophthalmol-2020-316293
Author(s):  
Puneet Jain ◽  
Paul T Finger ◽  
Maria Fili ◽  
Bertil Damato ◽  
Sarah E Coupland ◽  
...  

BackgroundTo relate conjunctival melanoma characteristics to local control.MethodsRetrospective, registry-based interventional study with data gathered from 10 ophthalmic oncology centres from 9 countries on 4 continents. Conjunctival melanoma patients diagnosed between January 2001 and December 2013 were enrolled in the study. Primary treatments included local excision, excision with cryotherapy and exenteration. Adjuvant treatments included topical chemotherapy, brachytherapy, proton and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). Cumulative 5-year and 10-year Kaplan-Meier local recurrence rates were related to clinical and pathological T-categories of the eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system.Results288 patients had a mean initial age of 59.7±16.8 years. Clinical T-categories (cT) were cT1 (n=218,75.7%), cT2 (n=34, 11.8%), cT3 (n=15, 5.2%), cTx (n=21,7.3%) with no cT4. Primary treatment included local excision (n=161/288, 55.9%) followed by excision biopsy with cryotherapy (n=108/288, 37.5%) and exenteration (n=5/288, 1.7%). Adjuvant therapies included topical mitomycin (n=107/288, 37.1%), plaque-brachytherapy (n=55/288, 19.1%), proton-beam (n=36/288, 13.5%), topical interferon (n=20/288, 6.9%) and EBRT (n=15/288, 5.2%). Secondary exenteration was performed (n=11/283, 3.9%). Local recurrence was noted in 19.1% (median=3.6 years). Cumulative local recurrence was 5.4% (3.2–8.9%), 19.3% (14.4–25.5%) and 36.9% (26.5–49.9%) at 1, 5 and 10 years, respectively. cT3 and cT2 tumors were twice as likely to recur than cT1 tumours, but only cT3 had statistically significantly greater risk of local recurrence than T1 (p=0.013). Factors such as tumour ulceration, plica or caruncle involvement and tumour thickness were not significantly associated with an increased risk of local recurrence.ConclusionThis multicentre international study showed that eighth edition of AJCC tumour staging was related to the risk of local recurrence of conjunctival melanoma after treatment. The 10-year cumulative local recurrence remains high despite current management.


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. S37
Author(s):  
Marianne Rice ◽  
Justin Ong ◽  
J. McGregor ◽  
Helen Mathers

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 080-090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nikdad ◽  
Farshid Farhan ◽  
Milad Shafizadeh ◽  
Atefeh Mirmohseni ◽  
Mohsen Afarideh ◽  
...  

Objective Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive primary tumor with frequent recurrences that leaves patients with a short survival time and a low quality of life. The aim of this study was to review the prognostic factors in patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Material and Methods The focus of this retrospective study was a group of 153 patients with supratentorial GBM tumors, who were admitted to a tertiary-care referral academic center from 2005 to 2013. The factors associated with survival and local recurrence were assessed using the hazard ratio (HR) function of Cox proportional hazards regression and neural network analysis. Results Out of the 153 patients, 99 (64.7%) were male. The average age of the patients was 55.69 ± 15.10 years. The median overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 14.0 and 7.10 months respectively. In the multivariate analysis, age (HR = 2.939, p < 0.001), operative method (HR = 7.416, p < 0.001), temozolomide (TMZ, HR = 11.723, p < 0.001), lomustine (CCNU, HR = 8.139, p < 0.001), occipital lobe involvement (HR = 3.088, p < 0.001) and Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS, HR = 4.831, p < 0.001) scores were shown to be significantly associated with a higher OS rate. Furthermore, higher KPS (HR = 7.292, p < 0.001) readings, the operative method (HR = 0.493, p = 0.005), the use of CCNU (HR = 2.047, p = 0.003) and resection versus chemotherapy (HR = 0.171, p < 0.001) were the significant factors associated with the local recurrence of the tumor. Conclusion Our findings suggest that the use of CCNU and TMZ, the operative method and higher KPS readings are associated with both higher survival and lower local recurrence rates.


2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Lockhart ◽  
Damian McKay

Abstract Aim High quality operations with low rates of tumour perforation and circumferential resection margin (CRM) positivity are associated with improved long-term outcomes following surgery for rectal cancer. Previous audit has demonstrated lower rates of tumour perforation and CRM positivity by a single surgeon compared to the published standards. Our aim is to re-audit this surgeons’ outcomes for curative rectal resections. Methods Data was collected retrospectively for all potentially curative rectal resections over a 5-year period performed by a single surgeon using a local database and electronic care records. The CRM status and tumour perforation status were considered. Other end points included the rate of local recurrence, survival and length of stay. Results Fifty-one patients underwent rectal resections with curative intent, with a median age of 67. Complete resection (R0) was achieved in 94.1% of cases; 3.92% were found to have nodes less than 1mm from the margin and 1.96% were found to have tumour deposit less than 1mm from the margin – these cases were considered to be an R1 resection. Tumour perforation was present in 3.92% of cases, all of which had occurred pre-operatively. Local recurrence was found in 5.88% of cases and 90-day mortality was 1.96%. Median length of hospital stay was 7 days. Conclusion Our data demonstrates sustained high quality surgical outcomes with low tumour perforation rates and CRM positivity rates which compare favourably with the published standards to date. Local recurrence rates are comparable to published standards and 90-day mortality continues to be low.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. S. Jones ◽  
S. Goodbrand ◽  
R. Hompes ◽  
N. Mortensen ◽  
C. Cunningham

2004 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoran Krivokapic ◽  
Goran Barisic ◽  
V. Markovic ◽  
Milos Popovic ◽  
Sladjan Antic ◽  
...  

In the period 1990 - 2002, 1674 patients with colorectal carcinoma were operated in the First Surgical Clinic, Third Department for Colorectal Surgery. In 1264 cases (75,5%) rectal carcinoma was the indication for surgical treatment. Sphincter saving procedures (SSP) were performed in 824 (65,2%), abdominoperineal resections (APR) in 340 (26,9%) and resections of rectum with definitive stoma (Hartmann procedure) in 100 (7,9%) patients. We analyzed 1095 cases where curative SSP or APR were performed. All cases where curative resection was not possible because of liver metastases or inability to excise all macroscopic disease were excluded. In the group of patients where SSP was performed (767 cases), there were 26,6% high colorectal anastomoses (8cm from anal verge), 65,4% with low (4-8cm from anal verge) and 8,0% with intersphincteric coloanal anastomosis (cm from anal verge). Patohistological exam showed 5,3% Dukes A, 53,1% Dukes B, 36,5% Dukes C and 4,9% Dukes D. In the APR group (328 cases) there were 1,5% Dukes A, 32,4% Dukes B, 62,1% Dukes C and 3,5% Dukes D. In this study we analyzed local recurrence and five-year survival in both groups. Recurrence of the disease was registered in 325 (29,6%) out of 1095 patients. Local recurrence was found in 81 (7,4%) patients. In the SSP group recurrence occured in 215 (28,0%) out of 767 curative resections. Local recurrence alone was found in 53 patients (6,9%). SSP group was also divided into two subgroups; in the first group TME was performed and in second transection of mesorectum was carried out. Analyzing local recurrence in these two groups, in the TME group it was 7,6% and in the transection group 5,6%. In the APR group recurrence was registered in 110 (33,5%) out of 328 patients while local recurrence alone was found in 28 (8,5%) cases. Analyzing mortality we found that 234 (21,4%) out of 1095 patients died during follow-up. In the SSP group 154 out of 767 patients (20,1%) died. In the TME group mortality was 21,7% and in the transection group 16,9%. Mortality in the APR group showed that 80 out of 328 (24,4%) patients died during follow-up. Analysis by the Kaplan-Meier?s test shows cumulative survival of 0,69 for all cases. In the SSP group cumulative survival is 0,72 and in the APR group 0,64 with statistically significant difference (p,001). In the TME group cumulative survival is 0,75 and in the transection group 0,72 with statistically significant difference (p,05). We believe that performing SSP should be encouraged whenever it is possible because there is no difference in local recurrence rates and survival compared to APR. Transection of mesorectum can safely be performed in most cases with tumors located more than 8 cm form anal verge. We believe that exact preoperative staging and preoperative radiotherapy could improve results.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 419-424
Author(s):  
T Ellul ◽  
P Grice ◽  
A Mainwaring ◽  
N Bullock ◽  
A Shanahan ◽  
...  

Introduction and objectives: The local recurrence rate of penile cancer following surgical excision is reported in many series to be between 6 and 29%. Intra-operative frozen section (FS) is a useful tool to ensure safe microscopic margins in organ-sparing procedures in penile cancer. In this series, we assessed the rates of positive margins and patterns of local recurrence in a multicentre cohort of patients undergoing penile-preserving surgery assisted by intra-operative FS analysis. Materials and methods: We reviewed all those patients for whom intra-operative FS was employed during penile-preserving surgery in three tertiary referral centres between 2003 and 2016. We assessed whether the use of FS altered the surgical technique and what affect it had on positive margins and recurrence rates. Results: A total of 169 patients were identified. Of these, intra-operative FS examination of the surgical margin was positive in 21 (12%) cases. Final histological examination confirmed cancer-free margins in all but one patient (99.4%). Overall, 9 patients developed local recurrence (5.3%). Conclusions: In this series, intra-operative FS contributed to a very low rate (5.3%) of local recurrence. We noted an extremely low positive margin rate (0.6%) which highlights the benefit of incorporating FS analysis into organ-preserving surgery for penile cancer. Level of evidence: Not applicable for this multicentre audit.


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