Impact of pre-brachytherapy magnetic resonance imaging on dose-volume histogram of locally advanced cervical cancer patients treated with radiotherapy including high-dose-rate brachytherapy

CONCLUSIONS: Pre-brachytherapy MRI may be helpful in selecting suitable candidates for each type of brachytherapy and deliver the recommended doses to the tumor and organs at risk, particularly in cases with large tumors, poor response to concurrent chemoradiotherapy, asymmetrical tumors, severe vaginal invasion, extensive parametrial invasion, and/or corpus invasion.PMID:34025734 | PMC:PMC8117705 | DOI:10.5114/jcb.2021.103584

Source: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy - May 24, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Keiko Nemoto Murofushi Toshiki Ishida Keiichiro Baba Kenji Kawakita Tsukasa Saida Sasaki Toshiyuki Okumura Toyomi Sato Hideyuki Sakurai Source Type: research