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The Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety journal ISSN 1024-6177 was founded in January 1956 (before December 30, 1993 it was entitled Medical Radiology, ISSN 0025-8334). In 2018, the journal received Online ISSN: 2618-9615 and was registered as an electronic online publication in Roskomnadzor on March 29, 2018. It publishes original research articles which cover questions of radiobiology, radiation medicine, radiation safety, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine and scientific reviews. In general the journal has more than 30 headings and it is of interest for specialists working in thefields of medicine¸ radiation biology, epidemiology, medical physics and technology. Since July 01, 2008 the journal has been published by State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency. The founder from 1956 to the present time is the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, and from 2008 to the present time is the Federal Medical Biological Agency.
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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2019. Vol. 64. No. 5. P. 76–80
DOI: 10.12737/1024-6177-2019-64-5-76-80
O.A. Kravets, A.V. Dubinina, E.V. Tarachkova, O.V. Kozlov, E.A. Romanova
Brachytherapy for Locally Advanced Cervix Cancer (Methodological Aspects)
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Moscow, Russia.
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O.A. Kravets – Senior Researcher, Dr. Sci. Med.;
A.V. Dubinina – Post-Graduate Student;
E.V. Tarachkova – PhD Med.;
O.V. Kozlov – Medical Physicist;
E.A. Romanova – Post-Graduate Student
Abstract
Purpose: To increase local control of cervical tumors by developing and introducing into practice the optimization of dose distribution in the primary tumor during concomitant chemoradiation (CRT) and image-guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) i.e. summing up the maximum dose to the tumor volume of HR-CTV> 85 Gy in the shortest possible period of time by the optimal fractionation regime, without increasing the tolerable doses to the organs of risk (bladder, rectum, sigmoid).
Material and methods: Data of the study was the of clinical observations of patients with locally advanced cervical cancer proven stage IIb–IIIb according to FIGO, treated with curative radiation therapy. After pelvic +/- para-aortic external-beam radiation therapy (2 Gy × 50 Gy with Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 weekly), they received high-dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy or in combination with interstitial component following GEC-ESTRO recommendations.
Results: We managed to achieve maximum dose to the tumor volume of HR-CTV> 85 Gy without increasing the load on the risk organs. The Clinical Contouring at the time of primary diagnosis of cervical cancer and before brachytherapy session based on clinical and diagnostic data using MRI helps to optimize the brachytherapy process, develop patient management tactics and a clear sequence of actions in a complex program of brachytherapy.
Conclusion: The presented clinical cases indicate the prospects of using an individual approach in planning the brachytherapy of patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.
Key words: locally advanced cervical cancer, image-guided adaptive brachytherapy, MRI, CTV-HR
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For citation: Kravets OA, Dubinina AV, Tarachkova EV, Kozlov OV, Romanova EA. Brachytherapy for Locally Advanced Cervix Cancer (Methodological Aspects). Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2019;64(5):76-80. (in Russian).
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