Comparative study to evaluate dosimetric differences in patients of locally advanced carcinoma cervix undergoing intracavitary brachytherapy under two different anaesthesia techniques: an audit from a tertiary cancer centre in India

Abstract Background Carcinoma cervix is amongst the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in women population worldwide. High-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy (HDR-ICBT) post external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is the standard of care in managing locally advanced stage cervical cancer pa...

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Main Authors: Divyesh Kumar, G. Y. Srinivasa, Ankita Gupta, Bhavana Rai, Arun S. Oinam, Pooja Bansal, Sushmita Ghoshal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43046-019-0003-2