[Follow-up after radiation therapy for cervical cancer].
Radiation therapy plays a central role in treatment strategies of cervical cancer. Follow-up after external pelvic radiation therapy and brachytherapy is based upon French and international specific recommendations. It aims to assess early tumour response, and to detect local or metastatic recurrences which can be suitable for salvage treatment. Follow-up after radiation therapy for cervical cancer should also assess gastro-intestinal, urinary and sexual toxicities which may have an impact on quality of life. This is a major concern in the evaluation of the results of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and MRI-guided brachytherapy, which should lead to a better local control and to a better bowel tolerance.
Département de radiothérapie, institut Gustave-Roussy, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France. Electronic address: cao.kim@hotmail.fr.
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Département de radiothérapie, institut Gustave-Roussy, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France.
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Service de radiothérapie, hôpital Bretonneau, centre hospitalier régional universitaire, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37000 Tours, France; Université François-Rabelais, 10, rue du Plat-d'Étain, 37000 Tours, France.
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D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D011159:Population Surveillance; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary
Brachytherapy; Cancer du col utérin; Cervical cancer; Curiethérapie; Follow-up; Pelvic radiation therapy; Radiothérapie pelvienne; Surveillance