Improving locoregional outcome in high-intermediate-risk and high-risk stage I endometrial cancer with surgical staging followed by brachytherapy

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DEMİRÖZ ABAKAY C., Arslan S., KURT M., ÇETİNTAŞ S.

RADIATION ONCOLOGY JOURNAL, vol.40, no.2, pp.103-110, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.3857/roj.2021.00864
  • Journal Name: RADIATION ONCOLOGY JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE
  • Page Numbers: pp.103-110
  • Keywords: Brachytherapy, Endometrial cancer, DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY, POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY, PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS, RADIATION-THERAPY, PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY, VAGINAL BRACHYTHERAPY, CARCINOMA, ADENOCARCINOMA, PATTERNS
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to assess the locoregional efficacy of postoperative vaginal brachytherapy (VBT) alone in patients undergoing surgical staging for early-stage high-intermediate-risk (HIR) and high-risk (HR) endometrial cancer.