Risk factors for ureteral stricture following radiochemotherapy including image guided adaptive brachytherapy in cervical cancer: results from the XXXXXXX studies

This study describes the incidence and predictive factors for grade 3-4 ureteral stricture in 1860 patients treated for locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) with 3D image guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) and radiochemotherapy. Severe to life threatening ureteral stricture occurs rarely in LACC patients with T1-2 tumors (5-year risk ≤ 1%). Advanced tumor stage T3-4 with hydronephrosis at diagnosis was the only independent risk factors, resulting in a 5-year risk of 11.5% for ureteral stricture.

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