Radiation Oncology

Recent Submissions

  • Audits of oncology units – an effective and pragmatic approach 

    Abratt, R. P.; Eedes, D.; Bailey, B.; Salmon, C.; Govender, Y.; Oelofse, I.; Burger, H. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)
    Background. Audits of oncology units are part of all quality-assurance programmes. However, they do not always come across as pragmatic and helpful to staff. Objective. To report on the results of an online survey on ...

  • Treatment of advanced salivary gland tumours with neutron radiotherapy 

    Lombe, Dorothy Chilambe (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
    ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Success rates in the treatment of salivary gland malignancies are associated with completeness of surgical resection with or without postoperative radiotherapy. For patients with unresectable ...

  • Gestational trophoblastic neoplasm and women living with HIV and/or AIDS 

    Barnardt, Pieter; Relling, Martha (AOSIS Publishing, 2015-07-03)
    The 2011 World Health Organization global report on HIV and/or AIDS estimated that sub-Saharan Africa comprised 67% of the global HIV burden, with a current estimate of 5.9 million cases in South Africa. Since the introduction ...

  • Radiotherapy in the management of carcinoma of the vulva in HIV positive and negative patients : an institutional experience 

    Opakas, Jesse Elungat (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Radiotherapy in the Management of Carcinoma of the Vulva in Human Immune-Deficiency Virus (HIV) Positive and Negative Patients: An Institutional Experience. Opakas J. Department of Medical Imaging and ...

  • Primary breast lymphoma and HIV/AIDS 

    Barnardt, Pieter; Narinesingh, Dylan (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011-09)
    Primary extranodal lymphoma of the breast is rare and accounts for 0.04 - 0.53% of all malignant tumours, less than 1% of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHLs) and 1.7% of extranodal NHLs.1 Extranodal lymphoma arises from tissue ...

  • Managing AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma and pregnancy 

    Barnardt, Pieter (AOSIS Publishing, 2013-05)
    An estimated 30 - 40% of HIV-infected patients are likely to develop cancer during the progression of their disease. The occurrence of malignancy among these patients represents a difficult challenge in their care. Kaposi’s ...

  • Breast cancer diagnosed in women with the Human Immune-Deficiency Virus (HIV) 

    Langenhoven, Lizanne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: HIV is the defining pandemic of our era, with an estimated 5.9 million people infected in South Africa according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates for 2011. The expression and ...

  • Radiation oncology of lung cancer in the 21st century : a view from building x 

    Jeremic, Branislav (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-09)
    Branislav Jeremic obtained his medical degree at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. He followed this with a radiation oncology residency – finishing it in 1987 at the age of 29 – after which he obtained his PhD degree ...

  • Variation in radiosensitivities of different individuals to high energy neutrons and 60Cobalt γ-rays 

    Beukes, Philip Rudolph (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: The assignment of radiation weighting factors to high energy neutron sources is important as there is reason to believe that neutron relative biological effectiveness (RBE) may be related ...

  • Cell biological responses of prostatic tumour cell lines to irradiation and anticancer drugs 

    Serafin, Antonio Mendes (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The "classic" prostate cell lines, DU145, PC-3 and LNCaP, have served as a valuable cell biological model for research into prostate cancer. However, their relevance may be limited because they derive ...

  • The influence of pentoxifylline on damage responses in tumour cells 

    Theron, Catherina S (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-04)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pentoxifylline enhances the toxicity of radiation and has emerged as an effective modulator of the radiation response of tumour cells. The molecular mechanisms involved in the enhancement of radiotoxicity ...

  • Examination of irradiated neuroblastoma and neuroepithelial cell lines for the interrelationship between cell survival, micronucleation, apoptosis and DNA repair 

    Akudugu, John Mbabuni (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Predictive assays are of key importance in clinical radiotherapy, chemotherapy and toxicology. Prior to exposing malignant tissues to irradiation or drugs in the clinic, a good understanding of the ...

  • Plasma sarcosine does not distinguish early and advanced stages of prostate cancer 

    Bohm, L.; Serafin, A. M.; Fernandez, P.; Van der Watt, G.; Bouic, P. J. D.; Harvey, J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2012-08)
    Introduction. Diagnosis of prostate cancer by prostate specific antigen (PSA) is error-prone and cannot distinguish benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) from malignant disease, nor identify aggressive and indolent types. ...

  • Long-term complications of pelvic radiotherapy 

    Simonds, Hannah (South African Society of Gynaecologic Oncology, 2010)
    Complications following pelvic radiation are frequently under-reported and inadequately addressed. This overview examines the nature and the intensity of complications encountered by cancer survivors; it focuses specifically ...

  • Neutron radiotherapy in South Africa : neutron radiotherapy should continue 

    Sauerwein, Wolfgang; Engenhart-Cabillic, Rita; Forman, Jeffrey D.; Gueulette, John; Hachem, Sabet; Jones, Dan; Krull, Andreas; Lukas, Peter; Mandrillon, Pierre; Petry, Winfried; Rosenberg, Ivan; Venimmen, Frederik; Welsh, James S. (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2012-04)
    To the Editor: Abratt’s letter needs a response. We are currently – or have been directly – involved in treating patients with fast neutrons for decades; some with more than 20 years’ experience in proton therapy, and ...

  • Rabdomiosarkoom van die blaas 

    Malan, P. J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1975-08)
    Two cases of rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder are reported. These tumors mainly occur in male children. They may arise in any part of the bladder and usually cause dysuria, lower urinary tract obstruction and a palpable ...

  • Photosensitizers and radiosensitizers in dermatology and oncology 

    Bruckner, V. (HMPG, 1979-09)
    Two therapeutic modalities are currently of great interest, namely photo- and radiosensitization. Whereas photosensitizers only function in combination with ultraviolet (UV) light, radiosensitizers act only in combination ...

  • Morphine and chronic cancer pain 

    Smit, B. J. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2001-10)
    Cancer pain can be broken down into the following categories: (i),pain caused by the cancer process itself, i.e. bony invasion or nerve compression or infiltration that is likely to present with the features of acute pain; ...

  • Pentastomiasis (armillifer armillatus infestation) 

    Du Plessis, Vicci; Birnie, Andrew J.; Eloff, Ivor; Reuter, Helmuth; Andronikou, Savvas (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2007-10)
    Pentastomiasis, also known as ‘tongue worm’ infestation or porocephalosis, is a parasitic zoonosis endemic to western and central Africa. In 1847, Pruner described the first human infection by a pentastomid in Cairo. ...