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Analysis of Applicator Insertion Related Acute Side Effects for Cervical Cancer Treated With Brachytherapy
PURPOSE: To report applicator insertion-related acute side effects during brachytherapy (BT) procedure for cervical cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between November 2017 and December 2019, 407 BT fractions were performed in 125 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Acute side effec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8215435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34164342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.677052 |
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author | Chen, Jiajun Zhang, Ning Liu, Ying Han, Dongmei Mao, Zhuang Yang, Wei Cheng, Guanghui |
author_facet | Chen, Jiajun Zhang, Ning Liu, Ying Han, Dongmei Mao, Zhuang Yang, Wei Cheng, Guanghui |
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description | PURPOSE: To report applicator insertion-related acute side effects during brachytherapy (BT) procedure for cervical cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between November 2017 and December 2019, 407 BT fractions were performed in 125 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Acute side effects recorded comprised anesthesia-related side effects, mechanical-related side effects and infection, whose frequency and degree were recorded. Pain was assessed using numeric rating scale; vaginal bleeding volume was counted by weighing gauze pieces used in packing. The BT procedure comprised eight stages: anesthesia, applicator insertion, image acquisition, transport, waiting for treatment, dose delivery, applicator removal, and removed which denoted 0.5–12.0 h period after removal, with time of each stage recorded. Factors influencing acute side effects were assessed by Spearman correlation and Mann–Whitney U test. RESULTS: The most common acute side effect was pain, followed by vaginal bleeding. The mean scores for pain were highest during removal time, 4.9 ± 1.6 points. The mean vaginal bleeding volume was 44.4 ml during removal time. Mean total procedure time was 218.8 (175–336) min, having positive relationship with frequency of acute side effects. The total procedure time with acute side effects was longer than that without acute side effects. The longest procedure time was waiting time, 113.0 (91.0–132.0) min. More needles generated higher pain scores and larger volume of vaginal bleeding. CONCLUSION: Pain and vaginal bleeding were the most common acute side effects, especially during removal time, which physicians should focus on. Shortening patients’ waiting time helps to reduce the total procedure time, thus, reduce acute side effects. While meeting dose requirement, less needles are helpful to reduce acute side effects. |
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spelling | pubmed-82154352021-06-22 Analysis of Applicator Insertion Related Acute Side Effects for Cervical Cancer Treated With Brachytherapy Chen, Jiajun Zhang, Ning Liu, Ying Han, Dongmei Mao, Zhuang Yang, Wei Cheng, Guanghui Front Oncol Oncology PURPOSE: To report applicator insertion-related acute side effects during brachytherapy (BT) procedure for cervical cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between November 2017 and December 2019, 407 BT fractions were performed in 125 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Acute side effects recorded comprised anesthesia-related side effects, mechanical-related side effects and infection, whose frequency and degree were recorded. Pain was assessed using numeric rating scale; vaginal bleeding volume was counted by weighing gauze pieces used in packing. The BT procedure comprised eight stages: anesthesia, applicator insertion, image acquisition, transport, waiting for treatment, dose delivery, applicator removal, and removed which denoted 0.5–12.0 h period after removal, with time of each stage recorded. Factors influencing acute side effects were assessed by Spearman correlation and Mann–Whitney U test. RESULTS: The most common acute side effect was pain, followed by vaginal bleeding. The mean scores for pain were highest during removal time, 4.9 ± 1.6 points. The mean vaginal bleeding volume was 44.4 ml during removal time. Mean total procedure time was 218.8 (175–336) min, having positive relationship with frequency of acute side effects. The total procedure time with acute side effects was longer than that without acute side effects. The longest procedure time was waiting time, 113.0 (91.0–132.0) min. More needles generated higher pain scores and larger volume of vaginal bleeding. CONCLUSION: Pain and vaginal bleeding were the most common acute side effects, especially during removal time, which physicians should focus on. Shortening patients’ waiting time helps to reduce the total procedure time, thus, reduce acute side effects. While meeting dose requirement, less needles are helpful to reduce acute side effects. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8215435/ /pubmed/34164342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.677052 Text en Copyright © 2021 Chen, Zhang, Liu, Han, Mao, Yang and Cheng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Oncology Chen, Jiajun Zhang, Ning Liu, Ying Han, Dongmei Mao, Zhuang Yang, Wei Cheng, Guanghui Analysis of Applicator Insertion Related Acute Side Effects for Cervical Cancer Treated With Brachytherapy |
title | Analysis of Applicator Insertion Related Acute Side Effects for Cervical Cancer Treated With Brachytherapy |
title_full | Analysis of Applicator Insertion Related Acute Side Effects for Cervical Cancer Treated With Brachytherapy |
title_fullStr | Analysis of Applicator Insertion Related Acute Side Effects for Cervical Cancer Treated With Brachytherapy |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Applicator Insertion Related Acute Side Effects for Cervical Cancer Treated With Brachytherapy |
title_short | Analysis of Applicator Insertion Related Acute Side Effects for Cervical Cancer Treated With Brachytherapy |
title_sort | analysis of applicator insertion related acute side effects for cervical cancer treated with brachytherapy |
topic | Oncology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8215435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34164342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.677052 |
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