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Brachy-ing Unresectable Endometrial Cancers with Magnetic Resonance Guidance

The standard treatment for endometrial cancer is upfront surgery. However, surgical resection is challenging in locally advanced cases extending to the vagina, bladder, bowel, rectum, or parametria. Historically, these cases were managed palliatively due to the inability to escalate radiation dose s...

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Autores principales: Conway, Jessica L, Lukovic, Jelena, Laframboise, Stephane, Ferguson, Sarah E, Han, Kathy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5935429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29736358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2274
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author Conway, Jessica L
Lukovic, Jelena
Laframboise, Stephane
Ferguson, Sarah E
Han, Kathy
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description The standard treatment for endometrial cancer is upfront surgery. However, surgical resection is challenging in locally advanced cases extending to the vagina, bladder, bowel, rectum, or parametria. Historically, these cases were managed palliatively due to the inability to escalate radiation dose safely and accurately, and there is a paucity of literature supporting definitive radiation for these patients. Technological advances in brachytherapy, including magnetic resonance guidance (MR-guidance) and interstitial techniques, have improved target precision and dose escalation without additional toxicity to permit curative management. We report two cases of unresectable, locally advanced endometrial cancers treated with MR-guided radiation.
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spelling pubmed-59354292018-05-07 Brachy-ing Unresectable Endometrial Cancers with Magnetic Resonance Guidance Conway, Jessica L Lukovic, Jelena Laframboise, Stephane Ferguson, Sarah E Han, Kathy Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology The standard treatment for endometrial cancer is upfront surgery. However, surgical resection is challenging in locally advanced cases extending to the vagina, bladder, bowel, rectum, or parametria. Historically, these cases were managed palliatively due to the inability to escalate radiation dose safely and accurately, and there is a paucity of literature supporting definitive radiation for these patients. Technological advances in brachytherapy, including magnetic resonance guidance (MR-guidance) and interstitial techniques, have improved target precision and dose escalation without additional toxicity to permit curative management. We report two cases of unresectable, locally advanced endometrial cancers treated with MR-guided radiation. Cureus 2018-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5935429/ /pubmed/29736358 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2274 Text en Copyright © 2018, Conway et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Obstetrics/Gynecology
Conway, Jessica L
Lukovic, Jelena
Laframboise, Stephane
Ferguson, Sarah E
Han, Kathy
Brachy-ing Unresectable Endometrial Cancers with Magnetic Resonance Guidance
title Brachy-ing Unresectable Endometrial Cancers with Magnetic Resonance Guidance
title_full Brachy-ing Unresectable Endometrial Cancers with Magnetic Resonance Guidance
title_fullStr Brachy-ing Unresectable Endometrial Cancers with Magnetic Resonance Guidance
title_full_unstemmed Brachy-ing Unresectable Endometrial Cancers with Magnetic Resonance Guidance
title_short Brachy-ing Unresectable Endometrial Cancers with Magnetic Resonance Guidance
title_sort brachy-ing unresectable endometrial cancers with magnetic resonance guidance
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5935429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29736358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2274
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