ISMPO is now inviting abstracts for the first 'Late Dr Kalla Venkat Anand Young Researcher Award'. The award honours a young medical oncologist from India (age ≤ 40 years as on 31.12.2014) whose research work is adjudged to be the best among those submitted for the Annual ISMPO Meeting to be held in Kolkata on 26 -28 December, 2014. The Awardee will be conferred a Medal along with a grant. For detailed information please visit www.ismpo.org. Last date of abstract submission is 30.10.2014 (Midnight).
We describe a 44-year-old woman who presented with an isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve paralysis caused by a skull base metastasis from breast cancer. The patient had a modified radical mastectomy followed by local radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy. Fourteen months later she presented with difficulty in speaking. Physical examination revealed an isolated left hypoglossal nerve paralysis. The MRI scan showed a mass lesion involving the left occipital condyle extending into hypoglossal canal.
The use of radiation therapy after mastectomy (PMRT) has been limited to those patients who are at significant risk of cancer recurring in the chest wall or in the nodal basins. The use of PMRT has been widely accepted for patients with four or more positive lymph nodes,[1],[2] but there is still controversy regarding the value of PMRT for those with one to three positive nodes. This expert group used data from published literature, practical experience and opinion of a large group of academic oncologists to arrive at these practical consensus recommendations for the benefit of community oncologists.
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