Table 5.
Recommendations for brachytherapy
KQ4 Recommendations | Strength of Recommendation | Quality of Evidence (Refs) |
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1. For women receiving definitiveRT for intact cervical cancer, brachytherapy is recommended. | Strong | Moderate 47–51 |
2. For women with cervical cancer receiving postoperative whole pelvis radiation, a brachytherapy boost is conditionally recommended in the presence of positive margin(s). Implementation remark: The brachytherapy technique selected is based on the location and volume of the positive margin(s). |
Conditional | Low 52 |
Abbreviation: RT = radiation therapy.