Ureteral stent insertion for gynecologic interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy.

Purpose: To determine the utility of ureteral stents in interstitial gynecological brachytherapy.

Methods And Materials: We reviewed 289 patients with cervix cancer treated with high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy who did not have pretreatment hydronephrosis to determine the relative incidence of benign ureteral strictures after treatment. We also did comparative dosimetry analysis in five cases of high-dose-rate brachytherapy.

A comparative study of stereotactic radiosurgery, hypofractionated, and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of skull base meningioma.

Objectives: To compare the outcomes of skull base meningiomas treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (hFSRT), and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT).

Methods: A total of 220 basal meningiomas in 213 patients were treated using SRS (N=55), hFSRT (N=22), and FSRT (N=143). The median age was 59 years (28 to 84 y).