Vaginal Dose, Toxicity and Sexual Outcomes in Patients of Cervical Cancer Undergoing Image Based Brachytherapy

Rai, Bhavana; Dhanireddy, Bhaswanth; Patel, Firuza Darius; Kumari, Reena; Oinam, Arun Singh; Simha, Vijai; Sharma, Suresh

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저자정보: Rai, Bhavana (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Dhanireddy, Bhaswanth (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Patel, Firuza Darius (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Kumari, Reena (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Oinam, Arun Singh (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Simha, Vijai (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) Sharma, Suresh (Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research)

저널정보: 아시아태평양암예방학회 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 제15권 제8호

발행연도: 2014.1

수록면: 3,619 - 3,623 (5page)

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Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the vaginal dose and toxicity in patients of cervical cancer treated with image guided brachytherapy at our institute. Materials and Methods: Thirty-five patients treated with image based brachytherapy for cervical cancer were included. Vaginal contouring was done on MRI at brachytherapy and with CT scans of subsequent brachytherapy fractions. Dose volume parameters (DVH) were reported in accordance with the GEC-ESTRO guidelines. These were correlated with vaginal toxicity (assessed by CTCAE version 3) and quality of sexual life assessed at one year of completion of treatment. Results: Vaginal shortness was observed in 22 out of 30 (62.8%) patients, Nine (25.7%) had vaginal dryness and in 10 (28.5%) patients, there was contact bleeding. No association could be demonstrated between the dose volume parameters and vaginal toxicity in the present study. Conclusions: The lack of association between dose volume parameters of vagina with vaginal morbidity may be due to uncertainties involved in the delineation of vaginal wall and dosimetry. Future research is required to accurately define vaginal dose distribution to study its correlation with vaginal morbidity. Vaginal morbidity needs to be documented in order to improve the sexual outcome in these patients.

#Radiation #vagina #toxicity #dose volume parameters #sexual outcome

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Rai, Bhavana

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