Sunao Tokumaru, Takafumi Toita, Masahiko Oguchi, Tatsuya Ohno, Shingo Kato, Yuzuru Niibe, Tomoko Kazumoto, Takeshi Kodaira, Masaaki Kataoka, Naoto Shikama, Masahiro Kenjo, Chikako Yamauchi, Osamu Suzuki, Hideyuki Sakurai, Teruki Teshima, Yoshikazu Kagami, Takashi Nakano, Masahiro Hiraoka, Norio Mitsuhashi, Sho Kudo
PURPOSE: To investigate pelvic insufficiency fractures (IF) after definitive pelvic radiation therapy for early-stage uterine cervical cancer, by analyzing subjects of a prospective, multi-institutional study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between September 2004 and July 2007, 59 eligible patients were analyzed. The median age was 73 years (range, 37-84 years). The International Federation of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics stages were Ib1 in 35, IIa in 12, and IIb in 12 patients...
October 1, 2012: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics