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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2019

Inter-institutional comparison of treatment practice for cervical cancer with special emphasis on brachytherapy.

Ezhilarasi Ravindran, Mohan Kumar, Janaki Manur Gururajachar, Revathy Thangaraj

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ezhilarasi RavindranChalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Telangana, India.
Mohan KumarRamaiah Medical College and Hospital Bengaluru, Bengaluru, India.
Janaki Manur GururajacharRamaiah Medical College and Hospital Bengaluru, Bengaluru, India.
Revathy ThangarajRamaiah Medical College and Hospital Bengaluru, Bengaluru, India.

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Abstract

purposeTo compare the cervical cancer treatment outcome and toxicities between two different institutions. MATERIAL AND

methodsWe analysed the clinical outcome of cervical cancer patients treated at two different centres from January 2015 to December 2016. Centre A treated 72 patients by external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to a dose of 45 Gy in 25 fractions followed by intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) 6.5 Gy × 4 fractions and centre B treated 89 patients by EBRT to a dose of 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions followed by ICBT 9 Gy × 2 fractions. The local control, distant metastases and treatment toxicities were compared.

resultsThe median follow-up in centre A was 12 months and in centre B was 18 months. The median overall treatment time in centre A was 52 days and in centre B was 61 days. The mean equieffective doses in 2 Gy (EQD

conclusionsA high dose rate brachytherapy fractionation schedule of 6.5 Gy × 4 fractions over 2 days for CTV

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carcinoma cervixdose fractionationHDR brachytherapy

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