ConclusionHigh pre-treatment CAC based on planning CT scans is associated with ACE in BC patients treated with postoperative RT, even after correction for confounding factors such as MHD.

Aim: The goal of this retrospective study was to investigate the effectiveness of low level laser therapy (LLLT) in managing oral mucositis (OM) in a large group of patients with cancers other than head and neck cancer.

In November 1998, a 63 year old male patient with residual angina after a first myocardial infarction, was treated with coronary angioplasty and stenting for a critical stenosis of the mid-portion of the left anterior descending artery. He was included in the BRIE (β irradiation in Europe) trial and after dilatation, he received 14 …

Intracoronary beta-irradiation is believed to be useful in preventing restenosis after coronary angioplasty or as adjunct therapy of an in-stent restenosis. Intracoronary aneurysms after gamma-irradiation were reported by Condado et al. in 1995, especially after doses higher than 25 Gy and without a centering device. In repeated small trials using intracoronary beta-irradiation no aneurysms were reported at 6 months follow-up. We report the development of a coronary aneurysm at 5 months after intracoronary beta-irradiation and stenting. Intracoronary brachytherapy is a new promising technique although one should be cautious about its possible unknown long-term complications.