If a patient with locally advanced cervical cancer cannot receive brachytherapy following 45Gy to the whole pelvis, how do you optimally deliver your boost?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
One should be very cautious, as in our experience the situation where you can't do brachytherapy is very rare. There is a trend in the country to use a non-brachytherapy boost as it is more accessible but this approach can lead to worse outcomes. See Dr Viswanathan's paper recently published in the ...