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RADIATION MEDICINE INNOVATIONS FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM
27, Jan 2010Recent technological advances are having a profound impact on radiation treatment of cancer. New equipment and enhanced computer technologies foster the radiation oncologist’s ability to deliver radiation more precisely, increasing the dose to tumor targets and reducing the dose to normal tissues and critical structures. New treatment protocols have the potential to improve tumor control [...]
- In: Cancer
- Tags: Cancer, innovation, radiation therapy, technological advances
Angiosarcoma of the scalp is a rare and deadly malignant tumor classically found in elderly Caucasian males. It was first described by Livingston and Klemperer in 1926, when they reported a tumor of the scalp in a 38-year-old white male who later died from uncontrolled hemorrhage from the tumor. E. Wilson Jones, 38 years after [...]
- In: Cancer
- Tags: angiosarcoma cancer, head and neck, I black, scalp
CASE REPORT A 50-year-old African-American man related a nine-month history of a scalp “knot” that measured about 1 cm x 0.5 cm. He scratched the lesion repeatedly, leaving him with an enlarging ulcer. Three weeks later, he presented to his primary care physician because of the foul smelling nature of the lesion. He was initially [...]
- In: Cancer
- Tags: angiosarcoma cancer, head and neck, I black, scalp
Angiosarcoma of the of Scalp with Calvarium
19, Jan 2010INTRODUCTION Angiosarcoma is an extremely malignant soft tissue sarcoma of endothelial origin. Because of its ambiguous presentation that usually mimics common benign dermatologic conditions, it is often diagnosed late. These sarcomas account for about 1% of all sarcomas and less than 0.1 % of all head and neck cancers. Therefore, the rarity of angiosarcoma may [...]
- In: Cancer
- Tags: angiosarcoma cancer, head and neck, I black, scalp
The comparison across racial groups for each cancer was generally consistent with previous studies. Previous studies have found racial disparities between whites and blacks in the prevalence rates for lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer at the national level. For lung cancer, estimates based on SEER Program and Connecticut Cancer Registry among [...]
In this study, we determined that the prevalence rates for lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers among Maryland Medicaid enrollees were 75/10,000, 63/10,000, 92/10,000, and 45/10,000, respectively. Prevalence rates are measures of the burden of diseases in a community for the purpose of setting public policy and allocating resources.
On January 1, 2000, Maryland Medicaid had 246,430 enrollees, with demographic characteristics as reported in Table 1. Most enrollees were under the age of 65 (77.55%). More females (75.74%) than males (24.26%) were Maryland Medicaid beneficiaries. Whites constituted 41.20% of the total Medicaid population, while blacks represented a slightly larger share of the Maryland Medicaid [...]