[The therapy of endometrial carcinoma with the high-dose-rate selectron]

A method of brachytherapy of endometrial carcinoma is described by means of high-dose-rate-afterloading technique. It is based on introducing bent probes into the right and left angle of tubes alternately. The optimal dose distribution is calculated by computer-controlled planning system. 40 Gy are applied in 4 fractions with a three-day interval. The survival, free of relapses, is 88% in stage I. The method is used by way of preoperative brachytherapy too, in which the histological examination gave no cancerous cells in 58% of the postoperative material. Only in 3% of all cases slight radioreactions occurred, in 0.3% heavy complications. The method guarantees a high comfort in treatment, so out-patients can be treated too.