Comparison of Definitive Cervical Cancer Management With Chemotherapy and Radiation Between Two Centers With Variable Resources and Opportunities for Improved Treatment.

Purpose: Cervical cancer remains a major health challenge in low- to middle-income countries. We present the experiences of two centers practicing in variable resource environments to determine predictors of improved radiochemotherapy treatment.

Methods And Materials: This comparative review describes cervical cancer presentation and treatment with concurrent chemoradiotherapy with high-dose-rate brachytherapy between 2014 and 2017 at the National Radiotherapy Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Center (NRONMC) in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, and Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC), Tampa, FL.

External Beam Radiation Therapy and Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer: The Experience of the National Centre for Radiotherapy in Accra, Ghana.

Purpose: Most women with cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa present with locally advanced disease. These women require external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy for curative treatment, but data on their outcomes remain sparse. We report data on treatment characteristics, follow-up, toxicity, and cancer outcomes in a large population of patients from the National Centre for Radiotherapy in Accra, Ghana.