533 / 1068
Contact therapy alone
Coatmeur:
- 124 patients treated with contact therapy +/- interstitial brachytherapy
- Outcome was related to Dijon clinical staging (T1 < 3 cm; T2 > 3 cm)
- Average dose 95 Gy
- 10 patients interstitial brachytherapy 24 Gy
- 5Y LC: 83 % (T1) and 38 % (T2)
- 5Y OS: 62,4 %
Papillon, Mendenhall & Coatmeur:
Local control rate for tumors < 3 cm is good
Contact therapy can be an alternative to surgery
Results not satisfactory for tumors > 3 cm
Coatmeur et al. Radiother Oncol 2004;70(2):177–82.
Marijnen et al. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2007;19(9):706–10.