Treating a gynecologic cancer with radiotherapy (uterus, vagina, vulva)

Your doctor has proposed radiotherapy to treat a gynecologic cancer. Gynecologic cancers for which radiotherapy may be indicated include cancers of the uterus, cervix, vagina, and vulva. This fact sheet describes this treatment and the precautions to take so that everything goes as smoothly as possible.

Treatments and surgical operations , Cancer, Oncology, Gynecological cancer

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Traiter un cancer gynécologique par la radiothérapie (utérus, vagin, vulve)

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