role of brachytherapy in uterine cervix carcinoma

Cancer of the cervix uteri is the second most frequent female gynaecological cancer at the Nuclear Medicine Oncology Radiotherapy Institute [NORI], Islamabad. Twenty four patients with histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of cervix uteri were given external beam radiotherapy [EBRT] followed by intracavitary irradiation using high dose rate [HDR, Ir source] unit. Radiation was successful in relieving subjective complaints of the patients in 87.5% of cases. At the one year followup only grade I or II complications were observed in 33% of cases which neither required surgery nor meticulous care