Braquiterapia de baja tasa como monoterapia en el tratamiento del cáncer de próstata de bajo riesgo

  1. Dominguez Morcillo, Marta
Supervised by:
  1. Concepción López Carrizosa Director
  2. José Fermín Pérez-Regadera Gómez Director

Defence university: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Fecha de defensa: 26 February 2021

Committee:
  1. José Luis Carreras Delgado Chair
  2. Carmen González San Segundo Secretary
  3. C. Rubio Rodríguez Committee member
  4. Rosa Morera López Committee member
  5. Juan de Dios Sáez Garrido Committee member
Department:
  1. Radiología, Rehabilitación y Fisioterapia

Type: Thesis

Abstract

Low dose rate brachytherapy (LDR) is an accepted treatment, effective and with few side effects at the local level, which is used as monotherapy in patients with low-risk prostate cancer. There are solid data that show local control and survival rates similar to those of other techniques such as external radiotherapy or radical surgery, with a lower risk of genitourinary and gastrointestinal side effects. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this work is to analyze 245 patients treated with this technique in the Radiotherapy Oncology Service of Gomez Ulla Hospital, from 2004 to 2016, we will eval-uate the relationship of the dosimetric parameters with the biochemical and local failure as well as the genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity derived from the technique. We will discuss if the results obtained are comparable to those reported in literature...