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Acute Gastrointestinal Complications in the Era of Image Guided High Dose Rate Intracavitary Brachytherapy Following Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Cervical Cancer

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Cancer and microbiome

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer ranks as the third most prevalent malignancy and leading cause of mortality among gynaecologic malignancies. Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy (CHT-RT) is the definitive treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer. Aim: to assess the gastrointestinal toxic effects and grade the toxicity after definitive chemo radiation, followed by intracavitary brachytherapy, in the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer. Materials & Methods: This prospective research was conducted on 30 individuals, aged above of 18 years old, females, with locally advanced disease (stages IB3 to IVA). Results: Regarding Kaplan-Meier survival curve, the mean time of progression free survival was 10.18 m and % at the end of study was 76.7. Acute GIT toxicity grade 0and 2 were the highest followed by grade 1 then grade 3. There was a significant difference with hypertension (HTN) regarding demographic data of the patients in relation to abdominal pain/ discomfort, until now there is no explanation for this, and further prospective studies are needed to reveal this result, treatment in relation to diarrhea and nausea in relation to sigmoid dose. Conclusion: There was significant relation between gastrointestinal toxicity and the dose and the site of brachytherapy, which nausea toxicities were related to dose of sigmoid. Also, diarrhea toxicities related with median volume of rectum.

DOI

10.21608/jcbr.2024.267161.1338

Keywords

Acute Gastrointestinal Complications, Brachytherapy, Chemoradiotherapy, Cervical Cancer, External beam radiation therapy

Authors

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Elbaqary

MiddleName

Khedr

Affiliation

Medical oncology department, faculty of medicine, tanta university, tanta , elgharbia

Email

aya.khedr@med.tanta.edu.eg

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First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Hussein

MiddleName

Zakaria

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

fatma.hassan@med.tanta.edu.eg

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First Name

Rasha

Last Name

Khedr

MiddleName

Abd El-Ghany

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine, University of Tanta, Tanta, AL Gharbia, Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department, Tanta university hospital

Email

rasha.khedr@med.tanta.edu.eg

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First Name

Neamat

Last Name

Hegazy

MiddleName

Elsayed

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department, Alexandria university hospital.

Email

neamatkholosy@gmail.com

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Volume

8

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

47868

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2024-02-01

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

15

Page End

24

Print ISSN

3009-6391

Online ISSN

3009-7312

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https://jcbr.journals.ekb.eg/article_356024.html

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885

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Cancer and Biomedical Research

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https://jcbr.journals.ekb.eg/

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Acute Gastrointestinal Complications in the Era of Image Guided High Dose Rate Intracavitary Brachytherapy Following Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Cervical Cancer

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Created At

30 Dec 2024