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Applicator for cervical brachytherapy for MRI or CT guided therapy
Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women aged 20 to 39 years in the USA. Radiation therapy for cervical cancer in the definitive setting is delivered by combining external beam radiation and brachytherapy. The procedure of cervical brachytherapy could be associated with s...
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Elsevier
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.10.002 |
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| author | Nasser, Nicola J. |
| author_facet | Nasser, Nicola J. |
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| description | Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women aged 20 to 39 years in the USA. Radiation therapy for cervical cancer in the definitive setting is delivered by combining external beam radiation and brachytherapy. The procedure of cervical brachytherapy could be associated with significant discomfort and pain to the patient. Here we describe a novel cervical applicator, that can be inserted bedside, with local anesthesia only. The device is similar to intrauterine device and vaginal ring used for contraception, albeit with channels for high dose rate brachytherapy. |
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| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021 |
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| spelling | pubmed-85710762021-11-10 Applicator for cervical brachytherapy for MRI or CT guided therapy Nasser, Nicola J. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol Short Communications and Technical Notes Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women aged 20 to 39 years in the USA. Radiation therapy for cervical cancer in the definitive setting is delivered by combining external beam radiation and brachytherapy. The procedure of cervical brachytherapy could be associated with significant discomfort and pain to the patient. Here we describe a novel cervical applicator, that can be inserted bedside, with local anesthesia only. The device is similar to intrauterine device and vaginal ring used for contraception, albeit with channels for high dose rate brachytherapy. Elsevier 2021-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8571076/ /pubmed/34765750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.10.002 Text en © 2021 The Author https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| spellingShingle | Short Communications and Technical Notes Nasser, Nicola J. Applicator for cervical brachytherapy for MRI or CT guided therapy |
| title | Applicator for cervical brachytherapy for MRI or CT guided therapy |
| title_full | Applicator for cervical brachytherapy for MRI or CT guided therapy |
| title_fullStr | Applicator for cervical brachytherapy for MRI or CT guided therapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applicator for cervical brachytherapy for MRI or CT guided therapy |
| title_short | Applicator for cervical brachytherapy for MRI or CT guided therapy |
| title_sort | applicator for cervical brachytherapy for mri or ct guided therapy |
| topic | Short Communications and Technical Notes |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.10.002 |
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