Testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) is the most common cancer in young men. Despite a
considerable familial component to TGCT risk, no genetic change that confers increased risk has …

A family history of disease is a strong risk factor for testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT). In
order to identify the location of putative TGCT susceptibility gene(s) we conducted a linkage …

Purpose The conventional diagnostic techniques used to assess recurrence of colorectal
cancer (CRCR) often yield unspecific findings. Integrated FDG-PET/CT seems to offer promise …

BACKGROUND: Patients with brain metastases who have a favorable survival prognosis
may benefit from intensive treatments, including neurosurgery and radiosurgery. However, …

PURPOSE: To create and validate scoring systems for intracerebral control (IC) and overall
survival (OS) of patients irradiated for brain metastases. METHODS AND MATERIALS: In this …

PURPOSE: Patients with multiple brain metastases usually receive whole brain radiotherapy
(WBRT). A dose of 30 Gy in 10 fractions (10 × 3 Gy) in 2 weeks is the standard treatment in …

Whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is the most common treatment for brain metastases. Most
of these patients have a poor survival prognosis. Therefore, a short radiation program is …

Background and purpose Survival scores for patients with brain metastasis exist. However,
the treatment regimens used to create these scores were heterogeneous. This study aimed to …

PURPOSE: To compare the outcome of surgical resection followed by whole brain radiotherapy
(WBRT) with WBRT alone in patients treated for single brain metastasis. METHODS …

BACKGROUND The majority of breast cancer patients with brain metastases receive whole‐brain
radiotherapy (WBRT) and have a survival of only a few months. A short WBRT …