Impact on treatment time of MRI-based brachytherapy in two implants (4 doses) compared with CT-based brachytherapy in five implants for cervical cancer

摘要

PURPOSE: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy and brachytherapy is the standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer. Brachytherapy is an integral part of treatment and has improved overall survival. Research is needed to ascertain the planning modalities and schedules to best use resources and optimize treatment time course. We hypothesized that MRI-based brachytherapy when delivered with the described regimen would not prolong, and potentially shorten, overall treatment time as compared with CT-based brachytherapy.