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. 2015 Aug 30;3(3):173–187. doi: 10.1093/nop/npv029

Table 2.

Outcomes for patients treated with intracavitary radiation

Institution Number of Patients Isotope(s) Salvage (%) Response Rate (%) Follow-up (Median Years) Recurrence Rate (%)
Erasmus (Van den Berge et al, 1992)30 31 Y90 100 N/A 3.3 28.5
Koln (Voges et al, 1997)31 78 Y90, P32, 136RH N/A 79.5 11.9 N/A
St. John's Hospital (Julow et al, 2007)32 73 Y90 100 100 9.4 16.6
Pittsburgh (Hasegawa et al, 2004)33 49 P32 49.0 80 4 24% at 5 years
30% at 10 years
Indiana University (Barriger et al, 2011)34 22 P32 36.3 42 5.2 N/A
Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Shahzadi et al, 2008)35 22 P32 N/A 73 10.5 N/A
Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China (Zhao et al, 2010)36 20 P32 N/A 90 3.9 N/A

Abbreviation: N/A, not available.