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Cervical Cancer
Scientists at Seoul National University, Medical Department publish research in cervical cancer
October 16th, 2008
According to recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "Aims and background. To evaluate whether doses or dose rates at International Commission on Radiation Units (ICRU) reference points are of value for predicting risks of late rectal and bladder morbidity in patients with uterine cervical cancer who have undergone external beam radiotherapy and intracavitary irradiation." "Late rectal complications and late bladder complications were evaluated in 54 patients who were treated by external beam radiotherapy followed by intracavitary irradiation between January 1996 and December 1999. External beam radiotherapy was delivered in 1.8 Gy daily fractions to a whole pelvis...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-16)
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