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Cervical Cancer
Report assesses anesthetic technique used in high-dose-rate brachytherapy
December 14th, 2004
Radiation oncology specialists at the National University of Singapore Hospital recently reviewed "complications related to different methods of anesthesia for high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy for cervical carcinoma." They studied data on 18 patients who were "diagnosed with cervical cancer between 1999 and 2003 [and] treated with 3-channel HDR brachytherapy ... Complications due to anesthesia for each fraction of brachytherapy were graded using the Common Toxicity Criteria." The medical records showed that "84 fractions of brachytherapy were delivered to 18 patients: 19 fractions with patients under general anesthesia (GA), 41 with patients under...
Source: cancer weekly (2004-12-14)
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