Abstract
Purpose: The severity of late complications in patients with cervical cancer treated with external beam radiation and high-dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy correlates with the dose received by the adjacent organs at risk. Dosimetric comparison of Ir-192 high-dose-rate brachytherapy (IB) to the Xoft microminiature 50-kV electronic brachytherapy (EB) source in partial breast irradiation showed a significant decrease in the dose delivered to the ipsilateral breast, lung and heart. This effect is due to the rapid dose fall-off characteristics of the EB source.
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