Investigating the Relationship between the Dose to the Recto-Vaginal Reference Point and Vaginal Stenosis among Cervical Cancer Patients Treated at a North American Academic Institution
Adefres B, Wallington D, Tien C, Damast S. Investigating the Relationship between the Dose to the Recto-Vaginal Reference Point and Vaginal Stenosis among Cervical Cancer Patients Treated at a North American Academic Institution. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2023, 117: e501. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1746.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVaginal stenosisDose constraintsMedian doseMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCox proportional hazards regressionCohort median ageAdvanced cervical cancerInterstitial needlesKaplan-Meier methodCervical cancer patientsProportional hazards regressionLog-rank testHR-CTV D90MATERIAL/METHODSImage-guided brachytherapyNorth American academic institutionsLACC patientsPrimary endpointCumulative incidenceOnly patientsPatient demographicsMedian ageCervical cancerCancer patientsSingle institution