Highlights Intrathecal chemotherapy did not increase overall survival or time to neurologic deterioration. Compared with no treatment, systemic therapy with no intrathecal chemotherapy afforded better overall survival. Intrathecal chemotherapy should not postpone or preclude systemic treatment. ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate whether intrathecal chemotherapy improves clinical outcomes in patients with meningeal carcinomatosis. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included consecutive patients with breast cancer diagnosed with meningeal carcinomatosis. Clinical and treatment data were collected from the patients’ medical charts. The primary outcome […]

The advent of interventional radiology enabled remarkable advances in diagnosis and treatment of several situations in obstetrics and gynecology. In the field of obstetrics, these advances include temporary occlusion of the iliac arteries to the management of placenta accreta and/or prior, arteriovenous fistulas after embolization of uterine curettage and management of ectopic uterine and extra-uterine pregnancies. The non-tubal ectopic pregnancy, either cervical, abdominal, ovarian or in a cesarean scar, often represents major therapeutic challenge, especially when exists a desire to […]