Assessment of needle bending and tracking requirements for optimized needle placement in combined intracavitary/interstitial gynecologic brachytherapy.

Strahlenther Onkol · 2026 · PMC12819550 · PMID 39915305

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A slight trend of increased bending in the lateral segments 2 and 5 was observed, with median bending angles of 1.8° (median tip deflection 6.3 mm) and 2.2° (7.3 mm), respectively, compared to an average median of 1.5° (5.5 mm) found for the other segments.

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