Image-Guided Preoperative Intracavitary Brachytherapy and Taxan–Platinum Based Postperative Chemoradiation In Endometrial Cancer Patients with Poor Prognosis

Abstract

This scan showedacceptable criterionofbeing less than 10%air of the PTVeval. Comparisons were then made in an attempt to correlate why there was increasing air during treatment. The following is the observed criterion for patient 1: left breast, balloon volume of 49.78cc, surgeon A, skin distance of 8.1mm, rib distance of 15.7mm, anteriorly angled lateral catheter placement, breast density of -93HU, 9 o’clock balloon position. The following is the observed criterion for patient 2: right breast, balloon volume of 43.2cc, surgeon B, skin distance of 5.0mm, rib distance of 10.2mm, straight lateral catheter placement, breast density of -105HU, 12 o’clock balloon position. From this criterion, there was no clear correlation between the two patients. Conclusions: Despite this study containing only two of twenty-two patients, it still provides insight as to how important the daily CT scan is before each treatment. It determines the air pocket volume andwhether or not to continue with the treatment. This study will be continued with other patients that accumulate more than 10% of air within the PTVeval and will be evaluated with the same format, hoping to determine some common factors.