[Clinical results of afterloading short-term therapy compared to radium therapy]

Intracavitary brachytherapy will continue to play an important role in primary radiotherapy of gynecologic tumors. However, afterloading methods with remote control will more and more replace the classical radium therapy. The authors discuss the radiophysical and radiobiological differences between radium therapy and afterloading therapy with remote control and present a comparison of both methods based on their own clinical results.