Radiation in gynecology

Radiation in gynecology

Gynecological cancer were among the malignant tumors treated with ionizing radiation.

Today, radiation therapy remain an essential component for both primary non surgical management & the adjuvant post operative treatment of selected malignancies arising in the female reproductive tract.

Current strategies for treating cancer of the uterine corpus, uterine cervix ,vulva &vagina are tailored to the clinical& pathological stage of the disease.

Early- stage lesions can be treated surgically. Postoperative radiotherapy is reserved for cases in which histopathological analysis of the removed specimen revealed features suggesting high risk of recurrence.

Primary radiotherapy can provide cure for women with unresectable locally advanced disease, for women unfit for surgery or surgical resection associated with high morbidity.

Palliative radiotherapy usually improve quality of life, relieve symptoms & this is usually for un respectable tumors.