Successful treatment results of external radiotherapy without brachytherapy in advanced uterine cervical cancer

In advanced uterine cervical cancer, external radiotherapy with intracavitary brachytherapy has been established as a curative treatment method. However, in an environment where brachytherapy is difficult to perform, there has been an attempt to use only external radiotherapy. We report the results...

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Published inJournal of cancer research and therapeutics Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 255 - 257
Main Authors Gong, Soo, Shim, Su
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2021
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Subjects
Aged patients
Cancer
Care and treatment
Case studies
Cervical cancer
Patient outcomes
Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy
Uterine cancer
South Korea
Brachytherapy
external radiotherapy
uterine cervical cancer
intensity-modulated radiation therapy
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Summary:In advanced uterine cervical cancer, external radiotherapy with intracavitary brachytherapy has been established as a curative treatment method. However, in an environment where brachytherapy is difficult to perform, there has been an attempt to use only external radiotherapy. We report the results of eight patients over 65 years of age with advanced uterine cervical cancer who refused brachytherapy and obtained successful results through external radiotherapy alone.
ISSN:0973-1482
1998-4138
DOI:10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_43_20