Covers radiotherapy for cervical cancer, noting its usual HPV origin and the two main histological types, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. It explains that cervical tumours respond well to radiation, so it can be used where surgery is not possible, and that combining radiotherapy with chemotherapy works better than radiotherapy alone. Surgery is preferred for early stages, while later stages rely on radiation and chemotherapy, delivered by external beam or brachytherapy depending on tumour location.
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Radiotherapy in treatment of cervical cancer
Radiotherapy in treatment of cervical cancer
Very often caused by HPV virus (>90%), can be SCC or adenocarcinoma.
Cervical cancers are radiosensitive and as such radiation may be used in all stages where surgical options do not exist, although surgical intervention has better outcomes. Radiotherapy used with chemotherapy has been found to be more effective than radiotherapy alone.
Surgery is prefered in early stage cancers, but later stage cancers utilize radiological and chemotherapeutic approaches. Radiation is given via external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy, depending on the localisation of the tumour(s).
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