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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors of this chapter are much indebted to Alain Gerbaulet, Richard Pötter, and Christine Haie-Meder, authors of the original version of the chapter on Primary Vaginal Cancer in the first edition of the GEC-ESTRO Handbook of Brachytherapy 2002.

AUTHORS

Henrike Westerveld Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands Nicole Eder-Nesvacil Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Maximilian Schmid Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Austria