Case report<br>A case report of ultrasound-guided interstitial brachytherapy for abdominal wall metastases of ovarian cancer

Dan Shi; Ning Wu; Hongfu Zhao; Mingyuan He; Dongmei Han; Guanghui Cheng

doi:10.5114/jcb.2015.48574

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Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

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Case report
A case report of ultrasound-guided interstitial brachytherapy for abdominal wall metastases of ovarian cancer

Dan Shi

,

Ning Wu

,

Hongfu Zhao

,

Mingyuan He

,

Dongmei Han

,

Guanghui Cheng

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2015; 7, 1: 81-85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.48574

Online publish date: 2015/01/26

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Purpose: To report the treatment effect of interstitial brachytherapy for abdominal wall metastases of ovarian cancer.

Material and methods: The patient is a 44-year-old female with a diagnosis of stage IA ovarian cancer. After surgery and two cycles of chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin, the patient noticed dull pain in the lower abdomen and found a mass located in the subcutaneous tissue, below the operative incision. A diagnostic biopsy showed abdominal wall metastases. After external radiotherapy with a dose of 39.6 Gy in 22 fractions, the residual tumor was treated with interstitial brachytherapy under ultrasound guidance. The brachytherapy dose was 18 Gy in 6 fractions of 3 Gy each.

Results: After 3 weeks of brachytherapy, the tumor had disappeared completely. Interstitial brachytherapy was feasible.

Conclusions: Interstitial brachytherapy may be a proposed treatment strategy for inoperable superficial metastases, especially for low radiosensitivity cancer.

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Case reportA case report of ultrasound-guided interstitial brachytherapy for abdominal wall metastases of ovarian cancer

Dan Shi , Ning Wu , Hongfu Zhao , Mingyuan He , Dongmei Han , Guanghui Cheng

abdominal wall metastases, interstitial brachytherapy, ovarian cancer

Case report
A case report of ultrasound-guided interstitial brachytherapy for abdominal wall metastases of ovarian cancer

Dan Shi

,

Ning Wu

,

Hongfu Zhao

,

Mingyuan He

,

Dongmei Han

,

Guanghui Cheng