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Do you have cut off values for neutrophil and platelet counts when doing interstitial brachytherapy for cervical cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

Aim for ANC 1K and above and platelet 50K and above.

Also look at the trend, if ANC is going up can do at a lower value as long as above 500.

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Radiation Oncology · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

For template-based interstitial brachytherapy, I (and my anesthesia colleagues placing the patient's epidural) require platelets > 100.

I suppose for a hybrid one, could consider at 50-100 but I would still prefer > 100.

> 50 is my personal threshold for ICBT alone.

ANC thresholds - I'm generally ha...

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