More Representative Vaginal Temperature Measurements With a Hyperthermia Pelotte During Hyperthermia Treatments for Gynaecological Cancer.

Inter-fractional reproducibility of the catheter placement in depth and position with pelotte and with a standard vaginal probe.

For each treatment, the free length of the vaginal probe is measured from the outer labia to the probe tip. This distance is subtracted from 293 mm to determine the internal depth of the vaginal probe. In the control room, the depth is determined based on the temperature measurements. If the measured temperature falls below 36 degrees Celsius at a certain point (e.g., 8 cm from the tip), this point is considered the probe depth. These values are then compared to assess whether there is a difference in reproducibility between treatments using the pelotte and treatments using only a vaginal probe.

Time frame: Approximately seven weeks from the intake with the radiation oncologist to the last treatment administration

Inter-fractional variance in measured vaginal temperatures with pelotte and with a standard vaginal probe.

Time frame: Approximately seven weeks from the intake with the radiation oncologist to the last treatment administration.

Patient-reported comfort with pelotte and with a standard vaginal probe, as assessed using the 'Vragenlijst Hyperthermie Pelotte' questionnaire

Time frame: Approximately seven weeks from the intake with the radiation oncologist to the last treatment administration.

Average vaginal temperature at the measurement points of the tip (0 cm) and two cm from the tip of the catheter with pelotte and with a standard vaginal probe.

Time frame: Approximately seven weeks from the intake with the radiation oncologist to the last treatment administration.