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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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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 |
author_facet | 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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