title: Radiotherapy for the treatment of primary vaginal cancer.
abstract: Disease control rates and toxicity were evaluated among 28 primary vaginal cancer patients treated with curative intent using radiotherapy. At 5 years, the majority (60%) of patients were disease-free and local control was 73% when a combination of external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy were used. Serious late toxicity was seen in 11% of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Canada. rsamant@ottawahospital.on.ca
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samant
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dahrouge
authors.forename: Choan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: E
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*