COMBINED TELETHERAPY AND INTRACAVITARY BRACHYTHERAPY BOOST FOR THE TREATMENT OF NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA

Authors
KOUVARIS J PLATANIOTIS GA SANDILOS P DARDOUFAS C DAMATOPOULOU A VLAHOS L PAPAVASILIOU C
Citation
J. Kouvaris et al., COMBINED TELETHERAPY AND INTRACAVITARY BRACHYTHERAPY BOOST FOR THE TREATMENT OF NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA, Radiotherapy and oncology, 38(3), 1996, pp. 263-267
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiotherapy and oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01678140
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
263 - 267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-8140(1996)38:3<263:CTAIBB>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
For the non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, external beam radiati on therapy (median dose 64 Gy) and a boost of intracavitary irradiatio n (ICRT) has been given. Caesium-137 pellets of 40 mCi were used at a dose rate of 3-3.5 Gy/h, 1 cm from the sources. The median dose was 8. 5 Gy. Overall 5-year actuarial survival for the 48 studied patients wa s 60.4% and LRFS was 64%. The procedure was well tolerated by our pati ents.