Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction

Naoya Murakami; Satoshi Shima; Tairo Kashihara; Nikolaos Tselis; Tomoyasu Kato; Yoshiaki Takagawa; Koji Masui; Ken Yoshida; Kana Takahashi; Koji Inaba; Kae Okuma; Hiroshi Igaki; Yuko Nakayama; Jun Itami

doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82612

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Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

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Original paper

Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction

Naoya Murakami

,

Satoshi Shima

,

Tairo Kashihara

,

Nikolaos Tselis

,

Tomoyasu Kato

,

Yoshiaki Takagawa

,

Koji Masui

,

Ken Yoshida

,

Kana Takahashi

,

Koji Inaba

,

Kae Okuma

,

Hiroshi Igaki

,

Yuko Nakayama

,

Jun Itami

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2019; 11, 1: 1–7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2019.82612

Online publish date: 2019/01/29

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Murakami N, Shima S, Kashihara T, et al. Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2019;11(1):1-7. doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82612.

APA

Murakami, N., Shima, S., Kashihara, T., Tselis, N., Kato, T.,  & Takagawa, Y. et al. (2019). Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 11(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2019.82612

Chicago

Murakami, Naoya, Satoshi Shima, Tairo Kashihara, Nikolaos Tselis, Tomoyasu Kato, Yoshiaki Takagawa,  and Koji Masui et al. 2019. "Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction". Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy 11 (1): 1-7. doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82612.

Harvard

Murakami, N., Shima, S., Kashihara, T., Tselis, N., Kato, T., Takagawa, Y., Masui, K., Yoshida, K., Takahashi, K., Inaba, K., Okuma, K., Igaki, H., Nakayama, Y.,  and Itami, J. (2019). Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 11(1), pp.1-7. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2019.82612

MLA

Murakami, Naoya et al. "Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction." Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, vol. 11, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-7. doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82612.

Vancouver

Murakami N, Shima S, Kashihara T, Tselis N, Kato T, Takagawa Y et al. Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2019;11(1):1-7. doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82612.

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to report our initial experience of hyaluronic acid gel injection (HGI) in the vesicovaginal septum (VVS) for bladder dose reduction in brachytherapy (BT) for uterine cervical carcinoma.

Material and methods
Between September 2016 and May 2018, 15 uterine cervical cancer patients received HGI in the VVS as a part of their definitive radiotherapy (RT) treatment consisting of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) with additional BT. Of those, 9 patients received BT both with and without HGI, and remaining 6 patients were excluded because these 6 patients received HGI in the VVS for all BT fractions. All 9 patients received HGI in the rectovaginal septum. For these patients, the dosimetric parameters bladder D_2cc, HR-CTV D90, and rectum D_2cc were selected, and two groups were generated (BT with vs. without HGI in the VVS) for dosimetric comparison.

Results
The median cumulative EQD2 for HR-CTV, rectum D_2cc, and bladder D_2cc for the 9 patients were 73.3, 52.8, and 67.1, respectively. While no statistical difference could be detected for rectal dose reduction, bladder dose was significantly less in the group with HGI in the VVS compared to that without (449 cGy [range, 416-566, 1SD = 66.1] vs. 569 cGy [range, 449-647, 1SD = 59.5], p = 0.033), with no compromising of target coverage. Although it did not reach statistically significance, there was a trend toward better HR-CTV D90 in the group with HGI compared to that without HGI in the VVS (713 cGy vs. 706 cGy, p = 0.085). No severe bleeding, hematuria, bladder wall injury, or urethral injury requiring hospitalization was experienced in association with HGI in the VVS.

Conclusions
HGI in the VVS can be performed safely and can effectively reduce the bladder dose in BT for uterine cervical cancer patients.

keywords:

Hyaluronic gel injection into the vesicovaginal septum for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: an effective approach for bladder dose reduction

Naoya Murakami , Satoshi Shima , Tairo Kashihara , Nikolaos Tselis , Tomoyasu Kato , Yoshiaki Takagawa , Koji Masui , Ken Yoshida , Kana Takahashi , Koji Inaba , Kae Okuma , Hiroshi Igaki , Yuko Nakayama , Jun Itami

uterine cervical cancer, brachytherapy, gel spacer injection, bladder dose, vesicovaginal septum

Naoya Murakami

,

Satoshi Shima

,

Tairo Kashihara

,

Nikolaos Tselis

,

Tomoyasu Kato

,

Yoshiaki Takagawa

,

Koji Masui

,

Ken Yoshida

,

Kana Takahashi

,

Koji Inaba

,

Kae Okuma

,

Hiroshi Igaki

,

Yuko Nakayama

,

Jun Itami