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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 May 18;10(4):220–234. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2020.04.002

Table 5.

Recommendations for brachytherapy

KQ4 Recommendations Strength of Recommendation Quality of Evidence (Refs)
1. For women receiving definitiveRT for intact cervical cancer, brachytherapy is recommended. Strong Moderate
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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
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Abbreviation: RT = radiation therapy.