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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2017

Off-line magnetic resonance imaging navigation of cervix cancer brachytherapy in patients with risk factors for uterine perforation.

Noora Mohammed Al-Hammadi, Suparna Halsnad Chandramouli, Rabih Hammoud, Primoz Petric

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Noora Mohammed Al-HammadiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Suparna Halsnad ChandramouliDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Rabih HammoudDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Primoz PetricDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
National Center for Cancer Care and Research · QAHamad Medical Corporation · QA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThere are no reports on pre-insertion identification of cervix cancer patients at risk for uterine perforation during brachytherapy (BT). Our aim was to assess the incidence of risk factors in our patient cohort, and assess feasibility of a novel technique of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided navigation for applicator insertion (NAI) in high-risk cases. MATERIAL AND

methodsAll patients with locally advanced cervical cancer, treated with image guided adaptive BT at our department between October 2013 and June 2017 were considered for analysis. Tumor characteristics on initial MRI (MRI

resultsTwenty-seven patients (98 insertions) were included. Mean tumor volume was 70.2 (± 47.9), 17.8 (± 18.9), and 10.3 (± 9.1) cm

conclusionsUsing pre-insertion MRI, we found ≥ 2 risk factors for uterine perforation in 1/3 of patients. Off-line MRI navigation was feasible and enabled non-complicated insertion in all cases. Further studies with larger sample size are warranted to assess its clinical efficacy.

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brachytherapycervical cancercervix cancermagnetic resonance imaginguterine perforation

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PMID29441095
PMCPMC5807993
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