Current situation of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Brazil

Radiologia brasileira
Rogério Matias Vidal da SilvaDivanízia do Nascimento Souza

Abstract

To assess the current situation of high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy for cancer of the cervix in Brazil, regarding apparatuses, planning methods, prescription, fractionation schedule and evaluation of dose in organs at risk. In the period between March/2012 and May/2013, a multiple choice questionnaire was developed and sent to 89 Brazilian hospitals which perform HDR brachytherapy. Sixty-one services answered the questionnaire. All regions of the country experienced a sharp increase in the number of HDR brachytherapy services in the period from 2001 to 2013. As regards planning, although a three-dimensional planning software was available in 91% of the centers, conventional radiography was mentioned by 92% of the respondents as their routine imaging method for such a purpose. Approximately 35% of respondents said that brachytherapy sessions are performed after teletherapy. The scheme of four 7 Gy intracavitary insertions was mentioned as the most frequently practiced. The authors observed that professionals have difficulty accessing adjuvant three-dimensional planning tools such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

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Jul 8, 2016·Ciência & saúde coletiva·Mariana Soares ValençaPedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva
Jul 8, 2016·Ciência & saúde coletiva·Mariana Soares ValençaPedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva

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