[The treatment of patients with cancer of the corpus uteri using the gamma emitter 137Cs].

Abstract	A study is presented of 51 patients (age 52-77 years) suffering of uterine body cancer with marked extragenital pathology. It is shown that treatment of inoperable cancer of the uterine body using the SELECTRON apparatus for contact irradiation (cesium-137 source, 066-MEV photons). With this method exact dose control is possible. The preferred regime of dose fractionation in intracavitary radiation of endometrium cancer is a single dose of 1000 cGr weekly and a summary dose of 7000-8000 cGr.
Authors	V A Chernichenko, V S Ivankova, E A Demina, L L Zlochevskaia
Journal	Vrachebnoe delo (Vrach Delo) Issue 12 Pg. 81-3 (Dec 1991) ISSN: 0049-6804 [Print] Ukraine
Vernacular Title	Lechenie bol'nykh rakom tela matki s ispol'zovaniem gamma-izluchatelia 137Cs.
PMID	1792785 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)
Chemical References	Cesium Radioisotopes Cobalt Radioisotopes
Topics	Aged Brachytherapy (instrumentation, methods) Cesium Radioisotopes (administration & dosage) Cobalt Radioisotopes (administration & dosage) Female Gamma Rays (therapeutic use) Humans Middle Aged Radiotherapy Dosage Relative Biological Effectiveness Remission Induction Uterine Neoplasms (radiotherapy)

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