Dose volume parameter D2cc does not correlate with vaginal side effects in individual patients with cervical cancer treated within a defined treatment protocol with very high brachytherapy doses

The study aimed to determine whether post-radiation vaginal side effects in cervical cancer patients can be correlated with DVH parameter D2cc. The result was negative in that no correlation could be demonstrated between D2cc and the presence and grade of side effects in this patients’ subset treated with high brachytherapy doses.