title: High dose-rate afterloading in the treatment of cervical cancer of the uterus.
abstract: From January 1981 to December 1983, 380 patients with cervical carcinoma of uterus were treated with high dose-rate intracavitary afterloading therapy (Ralstron-20B) and 60Co external irradiation. All of these cases have been followed over 3-5 years. The 5-year survival rates for Stages I, II, III, and IV were 100%, 81.5%, 73.9%, and 0% respectively. The over all 5-year survival rate was 79.1%. The results were comparable to that of conventional radium therapy in 1980 (5-year survival rate for radium group: Stage I 50%, Stage II 72.2%, Stage III 52.2%, Stage IV 0%). The moderate and severe rectal reactions in this series were 11.8% and 1.6% (radium group moderate 6.0%, severe 2.2%), which were higher than that of radium group. The incidence of bladder reaction was 7.1%. The problems of high dose-rate intracavitary therapy and the combination therapy with intracavitary and external irradiation are discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gynecologic Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Shanghai Medical University, China.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: X E
authors.initials: XE
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*