Relationship between total iso-effect dose and number of fractions for the treatment of uterine cervical carcinoma by high dose-rate intracavitary irradiation. Chapter 18

Results are compared in Japan for patients with cervical carcinoma treated by either 1) manual afterloading with low intensity 60Co or 137Cs or 2) remote afterloading with high intensity 60Co sources (Ralstron). No significant difference between them was found for the 5-year survival rates. The relationship between the total tumour dose at point A and the results of high and low dose-rate intracavitary treatment of the patients classified by the number of fractions was also investigated. From this, the optimal dose ranges for each of the fractionation schemes of both high and low dose-rate intracavitary irradiation were determined. (U.K.)