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Chapter 60 - Radiotherapy for Gynaecological Cancer

from Section 12 - Miscellaneous

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

By
Pedro B. Fernandes
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona-Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona-Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

Radiation therapy is one of the major treatment modalities for gynaecological malignancies. It has been used for more than 100 years, since Pierre Becquerel first identified the potential medical uses of radiation. Some years later, in the twentieth century, Marie Curie, among others, introduced brachytherapy (BT) in treating gynaecological cancers. This treatment modality remains the most effective non-surgical treatment of cancer.

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radiotherapycancerbrachytherapyexternal beam radiation therapy
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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gynaecology
 , pp. 513 - 523
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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N.C.C. Network. Uterine neoplasms. NCCN Clinical Practice in Oncology. 2019Google Scholar
N.C.C. Network. Cervical cancer. NCCN Clinical Practice in Oncology. 2019Google Scholar
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ACOG. Diagnosis and treatment of cervical carcinomas. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2002;78:79–91.Google Scholar
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