[Study of the type of Co-60 source and applicators for carcinoma of the uterine cervix using a remote afterloading device].
By means of a questionnaire sent to 114 hospitals using the remote afterloading device, the type of Co-60 sources and the type and material of the applicator for intracavitary irradiation of the cervical cancer has been surveyed. In 90% of the hospitals, the one-point source is used for the tandem source, and in 80% of these hospitals the easily flexible polyethylene tube is used as the material of the tandem applicator. For the ovoidal source, the one-point source in 40%. In seven hospitals, an unsuitable ovoidal applicator seems to have been chosen for the type of the Co-60 source.
Morita
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Dept. of Radiation Therapy, Aichi Cancer Center.
Uchiyama
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D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes