title: Dose volume parameter D2cc does not correlate with vaginal side effects in individual patients with cervical cancer treated within a defined treatment protocol with very high brachytherapy doses.
abstract: The study aimed to determine whether post-radiation vaginal side effects in cervical cancer patients can be correlated with DVH parameter D(2cc). The result was negative in that no correlation could be demonstrated between D(2cc) and the presence and grade of side effects in this patients' subset treated with high brachytherapy doses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. elena.fidarova@akhwien.at
authors.forename: Elena F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Fidarova
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schüssler
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kirisits
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Georg
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bachtiary
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pötter
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003127:Colposcopy; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014621:Vagina / Q000528:radiation effects*