Image-based multichannel vaginal cylinder brachytherapy for the definitive treatment of gynecologic malignancies in the vagina.

CONCLUSIONS: Clinical outcomes of pts with primary and recurrent vaginal cancer treated definitively in a systematic manner with combination EBRT with image-guided HDR BT utilizing a MCVC applicator demonstrate high rates of local control and low rates of severe morbidity. The MCVC technique allows interstitial implantation to be avoided in select pts with ≤7 mm residual disease thickness following EBRT while maintaining excellent clinical outcomes with extended 4-year follow-up in this rare malignancy.
PMID: 29929925 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Gynecologic Oncology - June 18, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Gebhardt BJ, Vargo JA, Kim H, Houser CJ, Glaser SM, Sukumvanich P, Olawaiye AB, Kelley JL, Edwards RP, Comerci JT, Courtney-Brooks M, Beriwal S Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research