Evaluating Bladder D2cc Localization in Gynecologic Interstitial Brachytherapy

Recent data from image-guided adaptive brachytherapy for cervical cancer (Mazeron R et  al. Brachytherapy 14(2):300-7, 2015) suggests that localization of the bladder D2cc in the lower bladder is correlated with higher rates of Grade 2-4 incontinence. It was hypothesized that this could correlate with dose to the area of the bladder neck/trigone and that dose to this area should be l imited to

Source: Brachytherapy - April 30, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mitchell Kamrava, John DeMarco, Tiffany Phillips Source Type: research