From: The MRI-guided two adaptive brachytherapy fractions versus one adaptive brachytherapy fraction in one application for the cervical cancer: a retrospective study
Analgesic drugs
IC/ISBT routine group (n = 252)
IC/ISBT continuous group (n = 96)
P value
n (%)
No application
189 (75.0%)
7 (7.3%)
< 0.001
First-step
7 (2.8%)
6 (6.3%)
Second-step
0 (0%)
Third-step
56 (22.2%)
83 (86.4%)