Comparison of intravaginal and interstitial brachytherapy in cervical cancer after inadvertent hysterectomy: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to compare intravaginal brachytherapy (IVBT) with interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT) in patients presenting with residual or recurrent disease after inadvertent hysterectomy for cervical cancer. Records of consecutive patients with cervical cancer, registered in the Radiotherapy Outpatient Department (RTOPD) between March 2018 and March 2021, who had inadvertent hysterectomy followed by external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and IVBT (n = 15) or ISBT (n = 15) were analyzed retrospectively. All the patients received a dose of 45-50 Gy/25 fractions in 5 weeks by EBRT with concurrent cisplatin. A dose of 6 Gy/fraction/week for two consecutive weeks was prescribed at 5 mm from the surface of the vaginal cylinder in the IVBT arm. Patients in the ISBT arm were treated wit

SUBMITTER: Choudhary S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12484820 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature