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Radiation or not after surgery for endometrial cancer?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Sep 4 10:59am | Replies (94)
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Well now I don't know what kind of radiation therapy I had inasmuch as it was performed vaginally. I always thought I'd had internal. I was scheduled for 2 rounds of a different radiation therapy and the day before my 1st appt. it was suddenly canceled. I will ask the oncologist when I see him in a couple of weeks.
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Helen, Volunteer Mentor | @naturegirl5 | Feb 12 5:09pm

@again2 Did you lie on a table and a large device scanned over and around you? If so, then you did have external beam radiation (EBRT) which refers to an external source of radiation to a prescribed area of your body. I had 25 rounds of this while lying on a table.

Internal radiation refers to brachytherapy where a device is placed inside the vagina and applied directly to the area of concern (in my case a section of my vaginal cuff). I had 2 rounds of brachytherapy.

Does this answer your question? And yes, you might ask your oncologist when you see him at your next appointment.

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