American Brachytherapy Task Group Report: Adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy for early-stage endometrial cancer: A comprehensive review

MM Harkenrider, AM Block, KM Alektiar, DK Gaffney… - Brachytherapy, 2017 - Elsevier
This article aims to review the risk stratification of endometrial cancer, treatment rationale,
outcomes, treatment planning, and treatment recommendations of vaginal brachytherapy …

Radiation therapy for endometrial cancer: an American society for radiation oncology clinical practice guideline

MM Harkenrider, N Abu-Rustum, K Albuquerque… - Practical radiation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose With the results of several recently published clinical trials, this guideline informs on
the use of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) and systemic therapy in the treatment of …

Vaginal cuff brachytherapy in endometrial cancer–a technically easy treatment?

S Sabater, I Andres, V Lopez-Honrubia… - Cancer management …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Endometrial cancer (EC) is one of the most common gynecological cancers among women
in the developed countries. Vaginal cuff is the main location of relapses after a curative …

3D printer-based novel intensity-modulated vaginal brachytherapy applicator: feasibility study

F Biltekin, H Akyol, M Gültekin, F Yildiz - Journal of contemporary …, 2020 - termedia.pl
Purpose Intracavitary brachytherapy (BRT) has a significant role in the treatment of
gynecologic malignancies [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]. It offers the major advantage of rapid dose fall …

The vaginal cylinder: Misunderstood, misused, or trivial? An in-depth dosimetric and multiinstitutional outcome investigation

CL Guy, EC Fields, BA Quinn, CM Fisher, CJ Ladbury… - Brachytherapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact on dose distribution and
radiobiological metrics of common high-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy treatment …

Estimating the accumulative dose uncertainty for intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy

B Wang, W Hu, G Shan, X Xu - BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2021 - Springer
Background Image-guided adaptive brachytherapy shows the ability to deliver high doses to
tumors while sparing normal tissues. However, interfraction dose delivery introduces …

Dosimetric comparison of 3-dimensional planning techniques using an intravaginal multichannel balloon applicator for high-dose-rate gynecologic brachytherapy

SJ Park, M Chung, DJ Demanes, R Banerjee… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose To study the dosimetric differences of various channel combinations of the Capri
vaginal applicator. Methods and Materials The Capri consists of a single central channel …

Effects of bladder distension on dose distribution of vaginal vault brachytherapy in patients with endometrial cancer

OC Guler, C Onal, I Acibuci - Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2015 - termedia.pl
Purpose: To investigate dosimetric effects of bladder distention on organs at risk (OARs)
during treatment of endometrial cancer using 3D image-based planning of postoperative …

A comparison between 2D and 3D planning of high-dose-rate vaginal cuff brachytherapy in patients with stage I-II endometrial cancer using cobalt-60

FA Hashemi, S Mansouri, M Aghili, E Esmati… - Journal of …, 2021 - termedia.pl
Purpose Endometrial cancer is one of the most prevalent gynecological cancer, with an
incidence rate of more than 380,000 patients per year, and is responsible for approx. 90,000 …

Dosimetric and cost comparison of first fraction imaging versus fractional re-imaging on critical organ dose in vaginal cuff brachytherapy

CD Corso, C Jarrio, EW Nunnery, AN Ali… - Practical Radiation …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose Vaginal cylinder high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is currently one of the most
common procedures performed in the treatment of early-stage endometrial cancer …