Published July 1980 | Version v1
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Rate of complications and dose rate in brachytherapy for carcinoma of the uterine cervix

Creators

  • 1. Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Strahlentherapie

Description

The results from 176 patients having undergone brachytherapy for carcinoma of the uterine cervix are reported, based on the evaluation of their case histories. Important complications in the course of the treatment are significantly more frequent after utilisation of an intra-uterine radium tube with 188,4 mg than after application of a 33-mg-intra-uterine radium tube, whereas the rate of recurrences does not differ significantly, neither by the frequence nor by the site, after the application of differently loaded intra-uterine tubes. The problems of spatial and temporal dose distribution in brachytherapy are discussed considering especially the line of iso-effects and the influence of the angle of uterine inclination. (orig.)

Abstract (German)

Es wird ueber die Behandlungsergebnisse der Brachytherapie des Kollumkarzinoms anhand der Krankengeschichten von 176 Patientinnen berichtet. Schwerwiegende Behandlungskomplikationen sind bei der Verwendung eines 188,4-mg-Radium-Intrauterinstiftes signifikant haeufiger als bei Verwendung eines 33-mg-Radium-Intrauterinstiftes, waehrend sich die Rezidivrate nach Haeufigkeit und Lokalisation bei den unterschiedlich chargierten Intrauterinstiften nicht signifikant unterscheidet. Auf die Probleme der raeumlichen und zeitlichen Dosisverteilung in der Brachytherapie unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung der Isoeffektgeraden und des Einflusses des Uterusneigungswinkels auf die Dosisverteilung wird eingegangen. (orig.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (German)
Komplikationsrate und Dosisleistung bei der Brachytherapie des Kollumkarzinoms

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Strahlentherapie
Journal Volume
156
Journal Issue
7
Series
Strahlentherapie.
Journal Page Range
457-465
ISSN
0039-2073

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
12592207
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
AFTERLOADING; CARCINOMAS; DIARRHEA; EFFICIENCY; ISODOSE CURVES; PATIENTS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SOURCE IMPLANTS; RADIUM; RECTUM; SIDE EFFECTS; TUBES; TUMOR CELLS; ULCERS; UTERUS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ANIMAL CELLS; BODY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; FEMALE GENITALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINES; LARGE INTESTINE; MEDICINE; METALS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOTHERAPY; SYMPTOMS; THERAPY