Conservative surgery with combined high dose rate brachytherapy for patients suffering from genitourinary and perianal rhabdomyosarcoma

摘要

Background and purpose: Outcome of patients with genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma has been improved in the past, but organ preservation rates are too low. Conservative surgery with LDR-brachytherapy has been advocated, but LDR-brachytherapy is often not available. We wanted to establish a novel treatment modality combining HDR-brachytherapy and conservative surgery.