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Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2004) 1, 6
doi:10.1038/ncponc0003  

Brachytherapy for cervical cancer

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Brachytherapy is widely used, in combination with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), in the treatment of cervical cancer. It is unclear, however, whether high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is superior to the more traditional low-dose-rate (LDR) approach in terms of tumor control and complication rate. Lertsanguansinchai and colleagues have recently reported on a prospective, randomized trial comparing the two approaches.

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