When do you start a vaginal dilator after EBRT to the vaginal canal?
Do you start the dilator after finishing RT or wait for a while? Is it needed after a palliative dose (30 Gy in 10 fractions)?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Although I have not reviewed the published data in a while, from my data review ~8 years ago and my own cumulative gynecologic specialty experience, I have fallen into the following paradigm:
In the setting of standard EBRT or vaginal cuff brachy, for a patient in reference to the use of a vaginal ...