New type of applicator for carcinoma of the uterine cervix

Three types of applicators (TAO type, Ganken type and Henshke type) for intracavitary radiotherapy for cancer of the uterine cervix have been used in Japan. An average age of patients with cervical cancer has been increasing, and in the elderly patients with the small vagina, it would be difficult to insert these, relatively large applicators. Two types of new applicators have been made for these patients. One is a disposable type and another is a revolver type. With these applicators, intracavitary radiotherapy for the cervical cancer in the elderly patients is performed with ease. (author)