[Dosimetry of a filter for treating carcinoma of the uterine cervix with cobalt to complement intracavitary curietherapy (author's transl)].

A shaped filter has been designed for treating carcinoma of the uterine cervix with cobalt in cases previously treated with intracavitary curietherapy. The filter is designed so that the dose delivered by cobalt from the midline of the pelvis to the periphery in order to compensate rises the decreasing dose of intracavitary therapy. Since this method rules out the possibility of overdosed areas, the total dose delivered to the pelvis may be increased to levels not formerly allowed.