Remote afterloading endocurie therapy for carcinoma of the cervix.
Since October 1975, 41 cancer patients were treated with a remote afterloading device using fractionated high dose-rate intracavitary radiation. Nineteen of these 41 patients were treated for carcinoma of the cervix. Remote afterloading high dose-rate fractionated intracavitary radiation was given in combination with external irradiation. The dose fractionation and rad equivalent therapeutic (RET) values and various points of interest are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000379:methods*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes