Implementation of High Dose-rate Brachytherapy for Cervix Cancer in a Low-income Country

Implementation of High Dose-rate Brachytherapy for Cervix Cancer in a Low-income Country

Background: The purpose of this study is to detail the implementation of HDR brachytherapy at the only radiotherapy center in Nicaragua. Methods: Patients are treated with external-beam radiotherapy to 46–50Gy at 2Gy/fraction to the pelvis. A gynecologic examination is performed weekly. Once the cer...

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Autores principales: Sommer R. Nurkic, Ana Isabel Ocampo, Mario Josè Pinell Gadea, Julie Greenwalt, Mario Jose Vicente, Anielka Lucia Velasquez, Lisbeth Concepcion Lopez Peralta, Franck Soto Herrera, Osmara Calero Romero, Francisco Lopez Tenorio, Harving Lorente Zamora, Luis Matamoros Munguia, Anamaria Yeung
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2018
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Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/ac3b3a22ed7d4c4ea0c934dbe3566683
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