Monitoring HDR Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer by Optic and Thermal Imaging

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: MALIGNANCY

Treatments: Radiation: THERMOGRAPHY IMAGING

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02818179

SHEBA-16-3171-RT-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research aims to investigate the correlation between tumor temperature difference and biological factors, such as size, metabolism, treatment response, and tumor aggressiveness.

In addition, normal tissue response to radiation therapy in treated organ will be evaluated.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• signed informed consent
• biopsy proven cervical cancer which will undergo definitive radiation

Exclusion criteria

• not eligible to sign informed consent

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Patients undergoing radiation

Other group

Description:

In this study, patients undergoing radiation treatment will undergo thermography imaging during radiation treatment course. Patients will be evaluated with thermography imaging every week during the brachytherapy treatment for 5 procedures

Treatment:

Radiation: THERMOGRAPHY IMAGING