title: Image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy in inoperable endometrial cancer.
abstract: Inoperable endometrial cancer may be treated with curative aim using radical radiotherapy alone. The radiation techniques are external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) alone, EBRT plus brachytherapy and brachytherapy alone. Recently, high-dose-rate brachytherapy has been used instead of low-dose-rate brachytherapy. Image-guided brachytherapy enables sufficient coverage of tumour and reduction of dose to the organs at risk, thus increasing the therapeutic ratio of treatment. Local control rates with three-dimensional brachytherapy appear better than with conventional techniques (about 90-100% and 70-90%, respectively).
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dankulchai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petsuksiri
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chansilpa
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hoskin
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D061089:Radiotherapy, Image-Guided