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. 2012 Sep 27;4(3):e35. doi: 10.4081/rt.2012.e35

Table 4. Rare Cancer Network studies of other tumors.

Cancer Title Author Year Cases Results
Thyroid lymphoma Treatment results and prognostic factors in primary thyroid lymphoma patients Ozyar 9 2011 87 5, 10 year overall survival 74, 71% and DFS 68,64%. Combined modality treatment improves prognosis for aggressive lymphoma, but does not improve OS and LC in indolent lymphoma
ALCH bones Adult langerhans cell histiocytosis of bone Ozyar20 2010 30 Complete remission in 70%. Recurrence rates lower in those treated with surgery and RT
Giant cell tumors of bone Radiotherapy for marginally resected, unresectable, and recurrent giant cell tumors of bone Bhatia21 2007 39 5-year local failure rate 21%. 5 year OS 94%. Radiotherapy provided excellent long-term local control
Erdheim-Chester disease Palliative treatment of Erdheim-Chester disease with RT Miller22 2006 9 EBRT provided short-term palliation in terms of pain control with most cases experiencing recurrence
Solitary plasmacytoma Outcomes and patterns of failure in solitary plasmacytoma Ozsahin23 2006 258 Extramedullary SP had better outcomes with moderate dose RT. Progression to myeloma remains issue with medullary disease
Desmoid tumors Impact of radiotherapy in treatment of desmoid tumours Baumert24 2006 110 Post-op RT significantly improved 5-year PFS (47% vs 13% for surgery alone)
Non-small cell lung cancer Exclusive radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer Gouders25 2003 123 2 and 5 year survival- 34, 8%. 5-year local failure rate for T1,T2 - 42%/82%
Urothelial renal pelvis and ureter tumors Prognostic factors in urothelial renal pelvis and ureter tumours Ozsahin26 1999 138 Survival influenced by: Karnofsky performance index, pT- and pN-classification, utereral localization, histologic grade, and existence of tumor after surgery
Papillary serous carcinoma Outcome after combined modality treatment for uterine papillary serous carcinoma Goldberg27 2007 138 Radiotherapy reduced pelvic recurrence from 29% to 14%. Suggest conservative surgery followed by adjuvant chemo and pelvic RT
Uterine leiomyosarcoma ABSTRACT: primary uterine leiomyosarcoma: outcomes and prognostic factors Franzetti Pellanda28 2001 80 Adjuvant radiotherapy did not improve survival or local control. Brachytherapy increased treatment related morbidity.
Testicular lymphoma Outcome and patterns of failure in testicular lymphoma Zouhair29 2002 36 Combined modality treatment improved survival. RT technique or dose did not change outcome
Primary anal canal adenocarcinoma Management of primary anal canal adenocarcinoma Belkacemi30 2003 82 Combined RT/CHT resulted in better survival rates. Recommend APR for salvage treatmentonly