Autor según el artículo: Sabater S; Andres I; Lopez-Honrubia V; Berenguer R; Sevillano M; Jimenez-Jimenez E; Rovirosa A; Arenas M.

Departamento: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

Autor/es de la URV: Arenas Prat, Meritxell

Palabras clave: Vaginal cuff brachytherapy Technique Rectum Endometrial cancer Bladder technique rectum endometrial cancer bladder

Resumen: 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.

Áreas temáticas: Oncology Medicina i

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 11791322

Direcció de correo del autor: meritxell.arenas@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-0815-2570

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-18

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Cancer Management And Research. 9 351-362

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes 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

DOI del artículo: 10.2147/CMAR.S119125

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2017

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications