[Current methods in brachytherapy of female genital malignancies]

The procedures of computed brachytherapy using Co-60; Cs-137 and Ir-192 sources of radiation are discussed. The standards for designing contact radiotherapy, including three-dimensional systems, and principles of monitoring chosen schedules are presented. Criteria for identifying equivalent radiation doses on the basis of the existing radiobiological schedules involved in brachytherapy using different dosage are evaluated. The results of radiation treatment of cervical and vaginal cancers versus tumor process extension are presented.