title: Nursing management of patients receiving brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies.
abstract: Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy used to treat a variety of cancers. Patients undergoing gynecological brachytherapy face a variety of physical, emotional, and psychosocial issues. Nurses caring for patients receiving high-dose rate or low-dose rate brachytherapy must be knowledgeable about radiation therapy principles and technology and the acute and chronic side effects that patients may experience.
authors.affiliation: gosse001@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Gosselin
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Waring
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D003075:Coitus; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000451:nursing* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014621:Vagina / Q000503:physiopathology