Recurrence or metastasis of cancer has been considered to occur in the last stage of the
patient's life. However, the new notions of oligometastases and oligo-recurrence have been …

Oligometastases and oligo-recurrence are among the most important notions of metastatic
and recurrent cancer. The concept of oligometastases is related to the notion that cancer …

BACKGROUND Stereotactic irradiation (STI) has been actively performed using various
methods to achieve better local control of Stage I nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) in …

Introduction Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HypoFXSRT) has recently been
used for the treatment of small lung tumors. We retrospectively analyzed the treatment …

PURPOSE: To review treatment outcomes for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in
medically operable patients with Stage I non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), using a …

Introduction The abscopal effect is the effect of radiation therapy at a site distant to the area
of irradiation. This is not a common event and has not been clearly defined, resulting in few …

Purpose: Most patients who had any recurrent sites of cancer have been considered to be in
their last stage of life. However, recent advances of clinical research reveal some patients …

PURPOSE: To investigate pelvic insufficiency fractures (IF) after definitive pelvic radiation
therapy for early-stage uterine cervical cancer, by analyzing subjects of a prospective, multi …

The case of a 69-year-old woman with advanced uterine cervical carcinoma with toruliform
para-aortic lymph node metastases that showed an abscopal effect of radiation therapy …

PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of a definitive radiotherapy protocol using high-dose-
rate intracavitary brachytherapy (HDR-ICBT) with a low cumulative dose schedule in …