Assesment of normal tissue radiosensitivity in cervical tumors

Background In Brazil, cervical cancer is the second most common malignant tumor among women. Radiation therapy is part of its interdisciplinary management. The major challenge of modern medicine in radiotherapy is to develop predictive methods that can determine the level of radiosensitivity of the patient and the healthy surrounding tissue in order to individualize the prescribed radiation dose, and to prevent severe side effects, promoting better local tumor control. This study evaluated the acute and chronic adverse effects on the skin, lower gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract of radiotherapy in 47 patients with cervical cancer.