Clinicopathological profile of patients with brain secondaries from Ca cervix: a case series of five patients from tertiary cancer centre in North India

Authors

  • Jyoti Sharma Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-3214
  • Mrinalini Upadhyay Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
  • Manish Gupta Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
  • Vikas Fotedar Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20212982

Keywords:

Metastatic Ca cervix, Whole brain radiotherapy, Concurrent-chemo-radiation, Brain metastasis, Unusual site, Metastasis

Abstract

Ca cervix is a common gynaecological cancer in daily practice but secondaries in brain after ca cervix as primary is a rare occurrence. As the survival of ca cervix patients has improved, we are able to encounter secondaries in unusual sites like brain. Prognosis is usually dismal due to presence of extra cranial mets along with brain secondaries which limits the use of new radiotherapy techniques like Stereotactic radiosurgery. We present a case series of five patients who presented to us post radical treatment of cancer cervix and treated with whole brain radiation therapy and best supportive care.

Author Biographies

Jyoti Sharma, Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Medical Officer Specialist Department of radiation therapy and oncology

Mrinalini Upadhyay, Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Medical Officer Specialist Department of radiation therapy and oncology

Manish Gupta, Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Professor and Head Department of radiation therapy and oncology

Vikas Fotedar, Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Professor Department of radiation therapy and oncology

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Published

2021-07-26

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