Research progress inpostoperative brachytherapy for cervical cancer

VernacularTitle: 宫颈癌术后近距离治疗的研究进展
Author: Hongda QU ¹ ; Dan SHI ; Ning ZHANG ; Guanghui CHENG ; Yuhuan TANG
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1. Department of Radiotherapy, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Cervical neoplasm/brachytherapy; Research progress
From: Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2019;28(9):717-720
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Radiotherapy is an important part of the postoperative adjuvant therapy of cervical cancer. Along with the persistent development of radiotherapy techniques, the application of brachytherapy has been more and more used as a boost to external beam radiotherapy. In this artical, the indications of postoperative radiotherapy and the application of brachytherapy were reviewed.