[Curietherapy in the carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Comparison of the obtained by computer dosimetric informations. Cooperative study by the European Group of curietherapists (author's transl)]. 1979


A cooperative study was taken to comparate the doses, obtained by the different institutes. The European Group had first defined the important points of the irradiated volume. This study has shown the great differencies between the doses of the institutes. First, the reference points for the surrounding structures were examined. The average of the doses at the inferior points of the Fletcher's lymphatic trapezium varies between 500 and 1 500 rads. This at the pelvic wall point is usually more important (10 or 15%). The doses at the delicate organs, the bladder and the rectum were studied in second. The average of the maximal vesical doses varies from 4 000 to 4 900 rads in the preoperative group; the average of the maximal rectal doses between 2 100 and 5 200 rads in the same group. The examination of the mean rectal dose was difficult. Every Institute has his own means of determining it. At last the size of the reference volume was considered. The 6 000 rads isodose was selected for the whole treatment. The height of this volume seems to be essentially dependent of the length of the uterine source. There seems existing some parallelism between the width and the thickness of the reference volume, but there are many differencies from an Institute to another. Now the Group has to determine a dosimetric methodology which may be transmissible.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D001918 Brachytherapy A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues. Curietherapy,Implant Radiotherapy,Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope,Radioisotope Brachytherapy,Radiotherapy, Interstitial,Radiotherapy, Intracavity,Radiotherapy, Surface,Brachytherapy, Radioisotope,Interstitial Radiotherapy,Intracavity Radiotherapy,Radioisotope Plaque Therapy,Radiotherapy, Implant,Surface Radiotherapy,Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque
D002583 Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the UTERINE CERVIX. Cancer of Cervix,Cancer of the Cervix,Cancer of the Uterine Cervix,Cervical Cancer,Cervical Neoplasms,Cervix Cancer,Cervix Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Cervical,Neoplasms, Cervix,Uterine Cervical Cancer,Cancer, Cervical,Cancer, Cervix,Cancer, Uterine Cervical,Cervical Cancer, Uterine,Cervical Cancers,Cervical Neoplasm,Cervical Neoplasm, Uterine,Cervix Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Cervix,Neoplasm, Uterine Cervical,Uterine Cervical Cancers,Uterine Cervical Neoplasm
D003201 Computers Programmable electronic devices designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Calculators, Programmable,Computer Hardware,Computers, Digital,Hardware, Computer,Calculator, Programmable,Computer,Computer, Digital,Digital Computer,Digital Computers,Programmable Calculator,Programmable Calculators
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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