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Evolution of brachytherapy applicators for the treatment of cervical cancer
Brachytherapy applicators have come a long way since Danlos developed early intracavitary applicators to treat cervical cancer patients. Therefore, this review will help in the neoteric designs of intracavitary applicators.
Ankur Mourya+2 more
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Brachytherapy (BT) for locally advanced cervical cancer is vital for optimal outcomes. There is heterogeneity in brachytherapy treatment practice for cervical cancer across India. In an attempt to standardize various processes involved in cervical cancer
Umesh Mahantshetty+14 more
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For patients with unfavorable or high-risk prostate cancer, dose escalated radiation therapy leads to improved progression free survival but attempts to deliver increased dose by external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) alone can be limited by late ...
Benjamin W. Fischer-Valuck+4 more
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Treatment of cervical cancer: overcoming challenges in access to brachytherapy
Introduction Brachytherapy is an essential component of the cervical cancer treatment paradigm as it contributes to improved clinical outcomes and overall survival.
K. Lichter+9 more
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A Robust Oxygen Microbubble Radiosensitizer for Iodine‐125 Brachytherapy
Iodine‐125 (125I) brachytherapy, a promising form of radiotherapy, is increasingly applied in the clinical treatment of a wide range of solid tumors.
Sheng Peng+10 more
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Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and vision-threatening complications of brachytherapy with ruthenium-106 (106Ru) plaque to treat uveal melanoma.
S. Karimi+4 more
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Background Large-scale trials have shown that hypofractionated adjuvant breast radiotherapy was as effective in terms of survival and local control as conventional fractionated radiotherapy, and acute toxicity was reduced with hypofractionated ...
Marie Bruand+11 more
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Combined Interstitial and Intracavitary High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy of Cervical Cancer
High-dose-rate brachytherapy by remote afterloading is now performed under three-dimensional image guidance by CT or MRI. Three-dimensional image-guided brachytherapy in cervical cancer disclosed that the traditional intracavitary brachytherapy by ...
Jun Itami+13 more
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(1) Current breast-conserving therapy for breast cancer consists of a combination of many consecutive treatment modalities. The most crucial goal of postoperative treatment is to eradicate potentially relapse-forming residual cancerous cells within the ...
Adam Chicheł+6 more
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Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and vision-threatening complication rate of plaque brachytherapy with iodine-125 (125I), palladium-103 (103Pd), and ruthenium-106 (106Ru) for treatment of iris and iridociliary melanoma.
S. Karimi, A. Arabi, Toktam Shahraki
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