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Acute Side Effects with High Dose Rate Computed Tomography-guided Three-dimensional Brachytherapy in Carcinoma Cervix

Author(s)
Sadia Sadiq Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL),Lahore,Pakistan
Abubaker Shahid Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL),Lahore,Pakistan
Misbah Masood Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL),Lahore,Pakistan
Rab Nawaz Maken Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL),Lahore,Pakistan
Amira Shami Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL),Lahore,Pakistan
Ismat Fatima Department of Clinical Pathology, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL),Lahore,Pakistan
Abstract
Objectives: To determine the frequency and grades of acute side effects with three-dimensional brachytherapy in carcinoma cervix using RTOG/EORTC acute radiation morbidity scoring criteria. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL), Lahore, Pakistan from July 2016 to September 2017. Methodology: A total of 55 histologically proven patients of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, aged between 16-70 years, were included. Patients with previous radiotherapy in pelvic area, in ammatory bowel diseases and known diabetics, were excluded. All patients were given a radiation dose of 7 Gray in 4 insertions through 3-dimensional conformal brachytherapy planning. Acute vaginal, gastrointestinal, and genitor-urinary side e ects of brachytherapy were assessed. Results: Mean age of the patient population was 47.09 ±13.10 years (Range: 21-68). Mean time to presentation was 5.65 ±2.32 months and mean tumor size was 3.67 ±1.47 cm. Majority,i.e. 18 (32.7%) patient presented in stage III. Most of the patients, 26 (47.3%), had ECOG-2 performance status. Grade-1 genitourinary toxicity was signi cantly high (p <0.001). In lower gastrointestinal toxicity, Grade-1 was the highest being 54.5%. Conversely, vaginal toxicities of grade-2 and 3 were most commonly seen. Strati cation of acute side e ectswith respect toage, stage and tumor size revealed no signi cant association except in mucosal membrane toxicity, which was a ected by tumor size (p = 0.004). Conclusion: Three-dimensional brachytherapy in carcinoma cervix is a safe and tolerable procedure with minimal acute side effects.
Publication Details
Page(s) 638-642
DOI DOI not available
Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 30, Issue: 6, Year: 2020

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Keywords
Cervical cancer, Computed tomography, Brachytherapy, Acute toxicities
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