title: Abscopal effect of radiation on toruliform para-aortic lymph node metastases of advanced uterine cervical carcinoma--a case report.
abstract: The case of a 69-year-old woman with advanced uterine cervical carcinoma with toruliform para-aortic lymph node metastases that showed an abscopal effect of radiation therapy (effect out of irradiated field) is reported. The patient was admitted to our University Hospital in March 2005, and treated with radiation therapy only for the primary pelvic lesions without chemotherapy because of her severe economic status. After the treatment, not only did the cervical tumor in the irradiated field disappear, but the toruliform para-aortic lymph node swelling outside the irradiated field also spontaneously disappeared. The patient is still alive and well without relapse. This case is the first clinical demonstration of an abscopal effect in advanced uterine cervical carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato, Sagamihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Mamiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaya
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niibe
authors.forename: Shinpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jobo
authors.forename: Manami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Syoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: Nobuya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Unno
authors.forename: Kazushige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*