Using a pessary during radiotherapy in reducible pelvic organ prolapse and vaginal cancer: a case report and review of the literature

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GÜLTEKİN M., Esen C. S. B., AKGÖR U., SALMAN M. C., TUNCEL M., Ozmen M., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY BRACHYTHERAPY, cilt.12, sa.2, ss.175-180, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5114/jcb.2020.92997
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY BRACHYTHERAPY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.175-180
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: primary vaginal cancer, pelvic organ prolapse, pessary, radiotherapy, brachytherapy, PRIMARY INVASIVE-CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA, UTERINE PROLAPSE, PROCIDENTIA, PREVALENCE, RADIATION
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: Primary vaginal cancer and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) combination is extremely rare. Although definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and brachytherapy (BT) is the standard treatment for advanced stage primary vaginal cancer, there is a limited data about the treatment of primary vaginal cancer combined with POP due to its rarity. In addition, radiotherapy (RT) process may be difficult in these cases and often result in more toxicity.