Quality of life after treatment for endometrial cancer can be significantly improved by the use of vaginal brachytherapy, where radiotherapy is delivered internally using a vaginal cylinder, the European Cancer Conference (ECCO 14) heard today (Monday September 24).
Dr. Remi Nout, from the clinical oncology department of the Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, said that this quality of life benefit would be an important factor to take into account when balancing the risks and benefits of using vaginal brachytherapy or external beam pelvic radiotherapy after surgery.
“Up till now we have known very little about the quality of life of women with endometrial cancer,” he said, “and how radiotherapy impacts on it. This is the first analysis of data from a randomised trial on the subject.
source article Huliq.com
Monday, September 24, 2007
Internal Radiotherapy Better for Endometrial Cancer patients
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