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Pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer
Cervical cancer (CC) is a neoplasm with great potential for prevention, but it is still an important public health problem in most developing countries. No significant difference is found in the literature between intracavitary high-dose-rate (HDR) and low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy, when conside...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662480 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2018.81027 |
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author | Pellizzon, Antonio Cássio Assis |
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description | Cervical cancer (CC) is a neoplasm with great potential for prevention, but it is still an important public health problem in most developing countries. No significant difference is found in the literature between intracavitary high-dose-rate (HDR) and low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy, when considering overall, disease specific, and recurrence-free survivals. Cervical dilatation is mandatory for the insertion of intra-uterine tandems for CC intracavitary brachytherapy. Pain and discomfort may eventually be the limiting factors of the procedure, sometimes leading to unsatisfactory results in terms of adequate position of the applicator set. In this paper, we critically reviewed the current sedation and anesthetic options for comfort and safety procedures when performing intracavitary brachytherapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-63355602019-01-18 Pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer Pellizzon, Antonio Cássio Assis J Contemp Brachytherapy Review Paper Cervical cancer (CC) is a neoplasm with great potential for prevention, but it is still an important public health problem in most developing countries. No significant difference is found in the literature between intracavitary high-dose-rate (HDR) and low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy, when considering overall, disease specific, and recurrence-free survivals. Cervical dilatation is mandatory for the insertion of intra-uterine tandems for CC intracavitary brachytherapy. Pain and discomfort may eventually be the limiting factors of the procedure, sometimes leading to unsatisfactory results in terms of adequate position of the applicator set. In this paper, we critically reviewed the current sedation and anesthetic options for comfort and safety procedures when performing intracavitary brachytherapy. Termedia Publishing House 2018-12-28 2018-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6335560/ /pubmed/30662480 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2018.81027 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Termedia Sp. z o. o. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. |
spellingShingle | Review Paper Pellizzon, Antonio Cássio Assis Pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer |
title | Pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer |
title_full | Pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer |
title_fullStr | Pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer |
title_short | Pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer |
title_sort | pain relief procedures before high-dose-rate brachytherapy for non-surgical treatment of cervix cancer |
topic | Review Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335560/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662480 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2018.81027 |
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