Clinical Evaluation of Brachytherapy: A Light of Hope for Cervical Cancer Patients
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Abstract: The objective of this study is to exploration the part of brachytherapy in treating cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is cancer of the cervix — the lower part of the uterus, which opens into the vagina. Cervical cancer is the second-most-common type of cancer that strikes women worldwide after breast cancer. Cervical cancer patients in Bangladesh are set to receive affordable treatments with the introduction of high-tech Brachytherapy facilities at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).With other treatment options brachytherapy, or internal radiation therapy involves placing a source of radiation in or near the cancer. For the type of brachytherapy that is used most often to treat cervical cancer, intracavitary brachytherapy, the radiation source is placed in a device that is in the vagina (and sometimes the cervix). In brachytherapy, radiation only travels a short distance, so the main effects of the radiation are on the cervix and the walls of the vagina. Introducing its specific use and advantages, the successful rate was found 80% at BSMMU during the study. Keywords: brachytherapy, cervical cancer, radiation source.
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Adity Bhowmik
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