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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Publicat a:Ann Glob Health
Autors principals: Nurkic, Sommer R., Ocampo, Ana Isabel, Gadea, Mario Josè Pinell, Greenwalt, Julie, Vicente, Mario Jose, Velasquez, Anielka Lucia, Peralta, Lisbeth Concepcion Lopez, Herrera, Franck Soto, Romero, Osmara Calero, Tenorio, Francisco Lopez, Zamora, Harving Lorente, Munguia, Luis Matamoros, Yeung, Anamaria
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Levy Library Press 2018
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6748169/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30779517
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.29024/aogh.2377
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