Richard Pötter, Kari Tanderup, Christian Kirisits, Astrid de Leeuw, Kathrin Kirchheiner, Remi Nout, Li Tee Tan, Christine Haie-Meder, Umesh Mahantshetty, Barbara Segedin, Peter Hoskin, Kjersti Bruheim, Bhavana Rai, Fleur Huang, Erik Van Limbergen, Max Schmid, Nicole Nesvacil, Alina Sturdza, Lars Fokdal, Nina Boje Kibsgaard Jensen, Dietmar Georg, Marianne Assenholt, Yvette Seppenwoolde, Christel Nomden, Israel Fortin, Supriya Chopra, Uulke van der Heide, Tamara Rumpold, Jacob Christian Lindegaard, Ina Jürgenliemk-Schulz
The publication of the GEC-ESTRO recommendations one decade ago was a significant step forward for reaching international consensus on adaptive target definition and dose reporting in image guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) in locally advanced cervical cancer. Since then, IGABT has been spreading, particularly in Europe, North America and Asia, and the guidelines have proved their broad acceptance and applicability in clinical practice. However, a unified approach to volume contouring and reporting does not imply a unified administration of treatment, and currently both external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and IGABT are delivered using a large variety of techniques and prescription/fractionation schedules...
February 2018: Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology