Implementation of a High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Program for Carcinoma of the Cervix in Senegal: A Pragmatic Model for the Developing World.
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| Title: | Implementation of a High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Program for Carcinoma of the Cervix in Senegal: A Pragmatic Model for the Developing World. |
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| Authors: | Einck, John P.1 jeinck@ucsd.edu, Hudson, Alana2, Shulman, Adam C.3, Yashar, Catheryn M.1, Dieng, Mamadou M.4, Diagne, Magatte4, Gueye, Latifatou4, Gningue, Fama4, Gaye, Pape M.4, Fisher, Brandon J.5, Mundt, Arno J.1, Brown, Derek W.2 |
| Source: | International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. Jul2014, Vol. 89 Issue 3, p462-467. 6p. |
| Subjects: | High dose rate brachytherapy, Cervical cancer, Radiotherapy treatment planning, Disease incidence, Cancer-related mortality, Developing countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Senegal |
| Abstract: | West Africa has one of the highest incidence rates of carcinoma of the cervix in the world. The vast majority of women do not have access to screening or disease treatment, leading to presentation at advanced stages and to high mortality rates. Compounding this problem is the lack of radiation treatment facilities in Senegal and many other parts of the African continent. Senegal, a country of 13 million people, had a single 60Co teletherapy unit before our involvement and no brachytherapy capabilities. Radiating Hope, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide radiation therapy equipment to countries in the developing world, provided a high-dose-rate afterloading unit to the cancer center for curative cervical cancer treatment. Here we describe the implementation of high-dose-rate brachytherapy in Senegal requiring a nonstandard fractionation schedule and a novel treatment planning approach as a possible blueprint to providing this technology to other developing countries. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] |
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