The management of inoperable Stage I endometrial cancer using intracavitary brachytherapy alone: a 20-year institutional review.

Objective: To review our institution's results with primary low dose rate (LDR) intracavitary brachytherapy using Heyman's capsules for medically inoperable cancer of the endometrium.

Methods: The study was a retrospective review of inoperable early-stage endometrial cancer patients at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Canada, treated with primary radiotherapy from January 10, 1986 to July 17, 2006. Forty-four patients with International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) clinical Stage I disease were included in the study.

Inter-observer comparison of target delineation for MRI-assisted cervical cancer brachytherapy: application of the GYN GEC-ESTRO recommendations.

Background And Purpose: To investigate the inter-observer variation of target contouring when using the GYN GEC-ESTRO recommendations for MR image-guided brachytherapy (IGBT) for cervical cancer.

Materials And Methods: Nineteen cervical cancer patients, treated by radiotherapy at the Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR) in France (n=9) or at the Medical University of Vienna (AKH) in Austria (n=10) were included in this study. IGBT was used for all patients.