title: [Effect of preoperative brachytherapy on estrogenic ovarian function, in patients with cervical neoplasms].
abstract: Eight patients with cervical carcinoma, Stage I B, and tumor size of 5 centimeters or more were treated with preoperative brachytherapy followed by Wertheim; in all of them the right ovary was preserved. The minimum radiation rate over the ovary was 458 rads. Plasma estradiol and gonadotrophin levels were consistent with those observed after castration. These results are compared and discussed with those of the control group with only pelvic radiation or surgery.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fluxá
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Poloni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010053:Ovary / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D004958:Estradiol
vernacular_title: Efecto de la braquiterapia preoperatoria sobre la función ovárica estrogénica, en pacientes con cáncer cérvicouterino.