@jeanknoll986 You may have mentioned in another Discussion what your treatment has been. Did you have pelvic external radiation?

Brachytherapy is consider "internal" radiation. I had 2 treatments of brachytherapy because I had a recurrence of endometrioid adenocarcinoma on the vaginal cuff. (The recurrence was 2 years after my initial hysterectomy). When I had the hysterectomy in 2019, it was a radical procedure that removed uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and cervix. Without a cervix this is where the surgeon makes a "cuff" at the very top end of the vagina that formerly connected to the cervix.

When you meet with your radiation oncologist I'm thinking they will explain what kind of radiation is recommended. External beam? (That's what I had where I laid on a table and big radiation device rotated above me). Brachytherapy? I had 2 treatments and the cylinder that is inserted into the vagina delivered radiation to the small area of my vaginal cuff where the recurrence was detected.

When you meet with the radiation oncologist you can ask the following although as I stated above the doctor will likely have prepared their recommendations ahead of your appointment.

1. Do you recommend external beam pelvic radiation? How many sessions?
2. Do you recommend brachytherapy (internal radiation) and if so, how many sessions and how will that work?
3. Why is radiation recommended when I've already had chemotherapy?