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The much-awaited Venezia applicator: virtues of combined intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2018

Aparna Gangopadhyay  and
Subrata Saha
Aparna Gangopadhyay*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiotherapy, Medical College Hospitals, Kolkata, India
Subrata Saha
Affiliation:
Department of Radiotherapy, Medical College Hospitals, Kolkata, India
*
Author for correspondence: Aparna Gangopadhyay, Department of Radiotherapy, Medical College Hospitals, 88 College Street, Kolkata 700073, India. Tel: +913325410088. E-mail: mails7778@gmail.com
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Summary

Locally advanced cervix cancer is a major health problem in resource-limited areas of the world. Brachytherapy following pelvic chemoradiation is challenging, as large irregular clinical target volumes need adequate dose delivery while respecting limits of normal tissue tolerance. Achieving this is practically impossible using intracavitary brachytherapy alone. Consequently, combined intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy provides higher chances of local control.

Keywords

brachytherapycervix cancerlimited resource settingVenezia applicator
Type
Short Communication
Information
Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , December 2018 , pp. 460 - 461
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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