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. 2021 Apr 14;26(2):291-302.
doi: 10.5603/RPOR.a2021.0025. eCollection 2021.

Radiotherapy for cervical cancer: Chilean consensus of the Society of Radiation Oncology

Felipe Carvajal  1   2 , Claudia Carvajal  1 , Tomás Merino  3   4 , Verónica López  1 , Javier Retamales  1 , Evelyn San Martín  5 , Freddy Alarcón  1 , Mónica Cuevas  1 , Francisca Barahona  1 , Ignacio Véliz  1 , Juvenal A Ríos  6 , Sergio Becerra  4
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Radiotherapy for cervical cancer: Chilean consensus of the Society of Radiation Oncology

Felipe Carvajal et al. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. .

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer is a public health problem in Latin America. Radiotherapy plays a fundamental role both as definitive or adjuvant treatment. There are important intra and inter-country differences regarding access and availability of radiotherapy facilities in this region. The aim of a study was to standardize the basic clinical and technical criteria for the radiation treatment of patients with CC in Chile and provide a guide for Latin American Radiation Oncologists.

Materials and methods: Forty-one expert radiation oncologists from the Chilean Radiation Oncology Society made a consensus using the Delphi methodology.

Results: There was a high degree of agreement for each of the recommendations. Those with the lowest percentage were related to the definition of the conformal 3D technique as the standard for definitive external radiotherapy (81%) and the criteria for extended nodal irradiation (85%).

Conclusions: These recommendations present an updated guide for radiotherapy treatment of patients with cervical cancer for Latin America. Those should be implemented according to local resources of each institution.

Keywords: brachytherapy; consensus; radiotherapy; uterine cervical neoplasms.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest The authors (F.C., C.C., T.M., V.L., J.R., E.S.M., F.A., M.C., F.B., I.V., J.A.R., S.B.) declare that have no conflicts of interest to be declared.

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