Background: Radiotherapy (RT) is an essential element in cancer treatment: 50-70% of cancer patients receive RT at some time of the course of their disease. Of these, almost 95% experience some grade of radiation dermatitis (RD). RD can affect patient's quality of life during and after treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To identify clinical and dosimetric factors associated with the development of hematologic toxicity (HT) for cervical cancer (CC) treated with chemotherapy and 3D conformal radiotherapy.
Background: Chemoradiotherapy is the standard of care management for CC patients with IB2-IVA clinical stages (CS). This treatment carries toxicities, standing out the one that occurs at the hematologic level.