Active small bowel sparing in intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical cancer.

Youngmoon GohDohyeon KimJoo-Young KimHak Soo KimJong Hwi JeongSung Uk LeeSang Hee YounEun Sang OhBo Ram HaAdam Unjin YeoMyeongsoo KimDongho ShinSe Byeong LeeYeon-Joo KimTae Hyun KimYoung Kyung Lim

Published in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2022)

The application of prone position procedure could effectively lower the volumetric dose of the small bowel. The dose reduction in the small bowel had a strong correlation with the patient's obesity and abdominal thickness. This means the patients for whom the proposed method would be beneficial can be judiciously selected for safe brachytherapy.

Keyphrases

small bowel
high dose
end stage renal disease
radiation therapy
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
type diabetes
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
locally advanced
minimally invasive
low dose
optical coherence tomography
patient reported outcomes
robot assisted
physical activity