Brachytherapy in the treatment of cervical cancer: a review

R Banerjee, M Kamrava - International journal of women's health, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Dramatic advances have been made in brachytherapy for cervical cancer. Radiation
treatment planning has evolved from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, incorporating …

Image-guided radiotherapy: has it influenced patient outcomes?

A Bujold, T Craig, D Jaffray, LA Dawson - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
Cancer control and toxicity outcomes are the mainstay of evidence-based medicine in
radiation oncology. However, radiotherapy is an intricate therapy involving numerous …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical outcome of protocol based image (MRI) guided adaptive brachytherapy combined with 3D conformal radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in …

R Pötter, P Georg, JCA Dimopoulos, M Grimm… - Radiotherapy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: To analyse the overall clinical outcome and benefits by applying protocol
based image guided adaptive brachytherapy combined with 3D conformal external beam …

American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix. Part II: high-dose-rate brachytherapy

AN Viswanathan, S Beriwal, F Jennifer, DJ Demanes… - Brachytherapy, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: This report presents an update to the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS)
high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy guidelines for locally advanced cervical cancer …

Effect of tumor dose, volume and overall treatment time on local control after radiochemotherapy including MRI guided brachytherapy of locally advanced cervical …

K Tanderup, LU Fokdal, A Sturdza… - Radiotherapy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Currently, there is no consensus on dose prescription in image
guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) in locally advanced cervical cancer. The purpose of …

Impact of treatment time and dose escalation on local control in locally advanced cervical cancer treated by chemoradiation and image-guided pulsed-dose rate …

R Mazeron, P Castelnau-Marchand, I Dumas… - Radiotherapy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To report the prognostic factors for local control in patients treated for locally
advanced cervical cancer with image guided pulsed-dose rate brachytherapy …

MRI-guided high–dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for treatment of cervical cancer: The University of Pittsburgh experience

BS Gill, H Kim, CJ Houser, JL Kelley… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Image-based brachytherapy is increasingly used for gynecologic malignancies. We
report early outcomes of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided brachytherapy …

From point A to the sculpted pear: MR image guidance significantly improves tumour dose and sparing of organs at risk in brachytherapy of cervical cancer

K Tanderup, SK Nielsen, GB Nyvang… - Radiotherapy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer is still
widely based on 2D standard dose planning, although 3D image guidance is available. The …

Image guided cervical brachytherapy: 2014 survey of the American Brachytherapy Society

S Grover, MM Harkenrider, LP Cho, B Erickson… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To provide an update of the 2007 American brachytherapy survey on image-based
brachytherapy, which showed that in the setting of treatment planning for gynecologic …

Advancements in brachytherapy

K Tanderup, C Ménard, C Polgar… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Brachytherapy is a radiotherapy modality associated with a highly focal dose distribution.
Brachytherapy treats the cancer tissue from the inside, and the radiation does not travel …