Palliative radiotherapy is a standard option for bleeding or painful pelvic tumors. The conventional dosage is 20 Gy in five fractions or 30 Gy in 10 fractions. A dose of 25 Gy in five fractions ...

March 11, 2010 —Systematic removal of pelvic as well as para-aortic lymph nodes may improve survival time vs pelvic lymphadenectomy alone in patients at medium to high risk for endometrial cancer ...

A tumor with teeth was found in a 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian burial site. The tumor, a teratoma, is a rare find in archaeology. It was found near a ring that may have been thought to magically ...

Alison Ankiewicz explains how pelvic physical therapy restores tissue, sexual function and emotional confidence for patients after cancer treatment. Alison Ankiewicz, a pelvic health specialist with ...

Cancer treatment has improved significantly over the past several decades, meaning that more people are living longer after undergoing surgical and medical interventions. This has led to the emergence ...

Credit: Getty Images A recent study is the first to examine the association between pelvic inflammation and prostate cancer biology and outcomes. Findings from a first-of-its-kind study implicate ...

While U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rayshaun Smith served a tour of duty in South Korea in 2018, he started feeling mild knee pain. At first, he thought it was just from his rigorous military lifestyle or his ...

Whole pelvis radiation improves cancer-specific and overall survival in muscle-invasive bladder cancer compared to bladder-only radiation. Median cancer-specific survival was 84 months for whole ...

Women undergoing surgery to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are not at increased risk of developing pelvic cancers, according to a large-scale, population-based study in The Journal of Urology ...