HIGH DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CERVICAL CANCER

Abstract

The paper analyzes the incidence of cervical cancer, evaluates various methods of its treatment, provides a historical overview of the problem and describes own experience of using high dose-rate brachytherapy in various combinations for 74 patients with cervical cancer with assessing the toxicity, overall survival, local control and reactions to radiotherapy.

Keywords

• cervical cancer
• high dose-rate brachytherapy