[The results of the treatment of carcinoma of the vulva with radiation therapy alone].
This report consists of a retrospective analysis of 33 patients with carcinoma of the vulva treated with radiation therapy alone at Bydgoszcz Regional Cancer Center between 1986-1996. Patients were divided into two subgroups, group I (N = 25) treated with curative intent and group II (N = 8) treated with palliative intent. Five year actuarial overall and disease free survival for patients treated in definitively manner was 36.0% and 28.0% respectively. The overall local control rate was 48.5% or 16/33 patients. There was a suggestion that better local control was obtained in patients who received gross tumour radiation dose with interstitial brachytherapy and external beam irradiation.
Oddziału Brachyterapii Regionalnego Centrum Onkologii w Bydgoszczy.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*