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Vaginal cuff brachytherapy in endometrial cancer - a technically easy treatment?

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    Identifier: imarina:5132749
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5132749
  • Authors:

    Sabater S
    Andres I
    Lopez-Honrubia V
    Berenguer R
    Sevillano M
    Jimenez-Jimenez E
    Rovirosa A
    Arenas M.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Sabater S; Andres I; Lopez-Honrubia V; Berenguer R; Sevillano M; Jimenez-Jimenez E; Rovirosa A; Arenas M.
    Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
    URV's Author/s: Arenas Prat, Meritxell
    Keywords: Vaginal cuff brachytherapy Technique Rectum Endometrial cancer Bladder technique rectum endometrial cancer bladder
    Abstract: Endometrial cancer (EC) is one of the most common gynecological cancers among women in the developed countries. Vaginal cuff is the main location of relapses after a curative surgical procedure and postoperative radiation therapy have proven to diminish it. Nevertheless, these results have not translated into better survival results. The preeminent place of vaginal cuff brachytherapy (VCB) in the postoperative treatment of high- to intermediate-risk EC was given by the PORTEC-2 trial, which demonstrated a similar reduction in relapses with VCB than with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), but VCB induced less late toxicity. As a result of this trial, the use of VCB has increased in clinical practice at the expense of EBRT. A majority of the clinical reviews of VCB usually address the risk categories and patient selection but pay little attention to technical aspects of the VCB procedure. Our review aimed to address both aspects. First of all, we described the risk groups, which guide patient selection for VCB in clinical practice. Then, we depicted several technical aspects that might influence dose deposition and toxicity. Bladder distension and rectal distension as well as applicator position or patient position are some of those variables that we reviewed.
    Thematic Areas: Oncology Medicina i
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 11791322
    Author's mail: meritxell.arenas@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-0815-2570
    Record's date: 2023-02-18
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Cancer Management And Research. 9 351-362
    APA: Sabater S; Andres I; Lopez-Honrubia V; Berenguer R; Sevillano M; Jimenez-Jimenez E; Rovirosa A; Arenas M. (2017). Vaginal cuff brachytherapy in endometrial cancer - a technically easy treatment?. Cancer Management And Research, 9(), 351-362. DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S119125
    Article's DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S119125
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2017
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Oncology
    Vaginal cuff brachytherapy
    Technique
    Rectum
    Endometrial cancer
    Bladder
    technique
    rectum
    endometrial cancer
    bladder
    Oncology
    Medicina i
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