Dosimetric comparison of intra-cavitary brachytherapy technique with free-hand (intra-cavitary + interstitial) technique in cervical cancer.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to dosimetrically compare intra-cavitary brachytherapy technique (ICBT) with free-hand (intra-cavitary + interstitial, IC + IS) technique.

Material And Methods: Twenty seven locally advanced carcinoma cervix patients were included in the study. Patients with more than medial 1/3 parametrial residual disease without extending upto lateral pelvic wall were included, following external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), in which cobalt-60 high-dose-rate (Co HDR) brachytherapy source was used.

Postgraduate teaching-learning pattern for radiation oncology students in India - A survey-based analysis.

Context: Teaching and training in Radiation Oncology is only at postgraduate level with 8-10 hours of theory sessions during undergraduate course. Uniform training during the post-graduation course across the country is a major challenge as many new concepts are introduced.

Aim: This study is an effort to look into various aspects of training in terms of teaching-learning and assessment.

The tolerance to chemoradiation for cervical cancer patients: A comparative prospective study of rural versus urban population.

Context: Rural versus urban cervical cancer.

Aims: This study aims to study the difference in toxicities and clinical outcome of chemoradiation in urban and rural cervical cancer patient.

Settings And Design: This was a prospective study.

Dose to swallowing structures and dysphagia in head and neck Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy - A long term prospective analysis.

Aim: To analyse the long term swallowing function in head and neck cancer patients and correlate with the dose to midline swallowing structures.

Background: The use of concurrent chemo radiation (CRT) as the present standard of care resulted in high rates of early and late toxicities. Dysphagia, aspiration, and xerostomia are early as well as late effects of radiation.

Optimal technique of radiotherapy for carcinoma cervix in developing countries: Dosimetric and logistic comparison.

Purpose: Carcinoma cervix is the most common malignancy affecting women in developing countries. Radical radiotherapy is the mainstay of treatment in more than 90% of patients. The present study is a dosimetric and logistic comparison of various techniques of radiotherapy, namely two-dimensional conventional radiotherapy (2DCRT), three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT), and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).

Accelerated Radiation Therapy Using Weekend Boost with Concurrent Cisplatin in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancers: An Indian Institutional Experience.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of an accelerated radiotherapy schedule using weekend boost in terms of tumor response, compliance, and acute toxicities for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, and to report long-term clinical outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-six patients with stages III-IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma receiving radical chemoradiotherapy were accrued prospectively into the study. External beam radiation therapy to a total dose of 66-70 Gy in 33-35 fractions, 1.

Quantification of Dose-Volume and Dose-Length Parameters for Cervical Esophageal Stricture in Head and Neck Irradiation with the 3DCRT and IMRT Technique.

Purpose: To quantify and compare dose-volume and dose-length parameters of cervical esophagus between three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and to correlate with incidence of cervical strictures in head and neck cancer irradiation with radical intent.

Materials And Methods: Forty consecutive head and neck cancer patients who received radical radiation therapy, either with 3DCRT (n = 20) or IMRT (n = 20), between December 2011 and August 2012 were retrospectively analyzed and followed up for at least 4 years post-treatment completion.

Results: The volumes of cervical esophagus receiving ≥54 Gy (V54) and ≥60 Gy (V60) and lengths receiving circumferential dose of ≥50 Gy (L50) and ≥54 Gy (L54) were significantly higher in patients treated with IMRT as compared to 3DCRT (P ≤ .

A prospective dosimetric and clinical comparison of acute hematological toxicities in three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy in carcinoma cervix.

Background And Objectives: Acute hematological toxicities are an important cause of morbidity in patients receiving concurrent chemoradiation to pelvis in carcinoma cervix. The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in reducing the dose to the bone marrow as compared with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and hence its impact on reducing the acute hematological toxicities.

Materials And Methods: Eleven consecutive patients treated with IMRT and 12 patients treated with 3DCRT to the whole pelvis along with concurrent chemotherapy were selected.

Aggressive approach in a case of cancer cervix with uremia.

Carcinoma of cervix is the most common cancer in developing countries. Majority of them present in locally advanced stages. A 36-year-old lady presented with bleeding and white discharge per vagina since four months, vomiting and reduced urine output since two weeks.