ByBus Summer 2015

BRACHYTHERAPY
IMAGE GUIDED ADAPTIVE INTERSTITIAL
BRACHYTHERAPY
REVOLUTION FOR THE TREATMENT OF
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
effects are avoided.
Many patients have been treated
successfully with this novel minimally
invasive method so far. It is promising,
that IGABT significantly improved the
probability for a patient with locally
advanced gynecological cancer to be
cured. Even for large tumors the rate
of success is 80-85% for local tumor
control.
Nowadays, the majority
of patients with locally
advanced gynecological
cancer can be treated with success
with the breakthrough method of
Image Guided Adaptive Interstitial
Brachytherapy (IGABT). In Greece, this
treatment approach is exclusively offered
at our department over the last 5
years. The results are impressive. Our
publications in international scientific
journals confirm that this approach is
becoming more and more attractive,
since it is improving the probability of
cure for these patients. Simultaneously
the method is reducing the probability
of serious side effect and is improving
the quality of life. Despite the initial
anxiety of the patients, modern interventional
radiation oncology is easily
tolerable, if it is applied at centers
which meet the expertise requirements.
Adequately trained physicians
who focus on this type of treatment
and experienced staff warrant the
implementation of the complex planning
and delivery procedure with high
accuracy.
Says Dr. A. J. Dimopoulos, Faculty
member of the European Society of
Radiation Oncology (ESTRO), Head
of Radiation Oncology Department,
Metropolitan Hospital.
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