Brachytherapy in the Management of Uveal Melanomas
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2014 Uveal melanoma is the most common intraocular tumor in adults. Clinical studies have shown similar patient survival rates after treatment of medium-sized melanomas when comparing plaque brachytherapy with radioactive iodine-125 versus enucleation. This
Samuray Tuncer
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Interstitial brachytherapy for orbital soft tissue sarcoma: an innovative technique [PDF]
Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2017 Purpose: To report an innovative technique of interstitial brachytherapy developed for treatment of orbital soft tissue tumors. Material and methods : A 4-month-old child diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma of orbit was treated with multiagent ...
Siddhartha Laskar +3 more
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Brachytherapy in breast cancer: an effective alternative
Menopause Review, 2014 Breast conserving surgery (BCS) with following external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) of the conserved breast has become widely accepted in the last decades for the treatment of early invasive breast cancer. The standard technique of EBRT after BCS is to
Janusz Skowronek, Adam Chicheł
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HDR and LDR brachytherapy in the treatment of lip cancer: the experience of the Catalan Institute of Oncology [PDF]
, 2021 Purpose: lip cancer can be treated by surgery, external radiotherapy, and/or brachytherapy (BT). In recent years, BT has become increasingly favored for this type of cancer.
Guedea Edo, Ferran +4 more
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Advantages of intraoperative implant for interstitial brachytherapy for accelerated partial breast irradiation either frail patients with early-stage disease or in locally recurrent breast cancer [PDF]
, 2021 Purpose: to describe the intraoperative multicatheter implantation technique for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) delivered with high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT). Secondarily, to evaluate outcomes and toxicity in a series of 83 patients
Najjari, Dina +7 more
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Second breast-conserving therapy with interstitial brachytherapy (APBI) as a salvage treatment in ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence: a retrospective study of 40 patients [PDF]
, 2020 Purpose: breast-conserving treatment (BCT) have emerged as an alternative to mastectomy in patients with ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR). We evaluated survival outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in a series of 40 patients with IBTR, who ...
Jamal, Dina Najjari +7 more
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Asian Journal of Oncology, 2016 With evolution of different newer radiotherapy techniques, still the role of brachytherapy in different gynecological malignancies has not sublimed. Most commonly used form of brachytherapy in carcinoma cervix patients is intracavitary brachytherapy ...
Indu Bansal +4 more
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Evaluation of brain edema formation defined by MRI after LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery
Radiology and Oncology, 2017 Peri-lesional edema is a serious and well-known complication of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Here we evaluated edema risk after SRS and assessed its formation and resolution dynamics.
Harat Maciej +3 more
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, 2013 BACKGROUND: To report the clinical outcome of high dose rate brachytherapy as sole treatment for clinically localised prostate cancer. METHODS: Between March 2004 and January 2008, a total of 351 consecutive patients with clinically localised prostate ...
Markus Ratka +13 more
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Perpetual role of brachytherapy in organ-sparing treatment for bladder cancer: a historical review
Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2020 Brachytherapy-based radiotherapy has been applied for decades in the curative treatment for solitary, ≤ 5 cm bladder tumors. This review provides a historical perspective of this organ sparing approach.
Elzbieta van der Steen-Banasik +6 more
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