For years, the process of accelerated repopulation recognized as a dominant factor for radiotherapy failures has beendeduced rather than proved by direct clinical data. It sounds logical and that towards the end of fractionated radiotherapyresidual tumor
Bogusław Maciejewski +3 more
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Long‐term oncological outcomes from a prospective cohort of patients with localised prostate cancer
Objectives To report long‐term oncological outcomes for men with clinically localised prostate cancer (PCa) treated with contemporary modalities in a population‐based United States cohort. Patients and Methods The Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Surgery and Radiation (CEASAR) study prospectively enrolled men with clinically localised PCa from ...
Avi S. Baskin +17 more
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Estimation of the α/β ratio for lower lip cancer treated with interstitial HDR brachytherapy [PDF]
BackgroundA standard linear-quadratic (LQ) model is now routinely used for clinical data analysis and the prediction of the clinical effect of radiotherapy.
Rembielak, Agata; Brachytherapy Deparment, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute Branch Gliwice, Poland +9 more
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Sexual function after prostate cancer surgery or radiotherapy in an international registry
Objectives Our objective was to evaluate patient‐reported sexual function (SF) outcomes and sexual aid use 12 months after curative treatment for prostate cancer (PC). Patients & Methods This prospective registry‐based cohort study analysed men with localized or locally advanced PC enrolled in the TrueNTH Global Registry.
Y. Hess‐Busch +10 more
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Brachytherapy seeds as a nidus for urethral stone formation: A case report
Introduction Iatrogenic foreign bodies can cause urolithiasis. However, iodine seeds used in brachytherapy are not a known cause of stone formation. We report a rare case of urethral stone formation with brachytherapy seeds determined to be the nidus ...
Ken Kamisawa +4 more
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INTERACTS (INTErventional Radiotherapy ACtive Teaching School) guidelines for quality assurance in choroidal melanoma interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) procedures [PDF]
Eye plaque brachytherapy represents a safe and effective therapeutic approach for choroidal melanoma, combining clinical outcomes with an eye and visual preservation.
Maria Antonietta Blasi +38 more
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The PART randomised trial protocol: Partial Ablation versus Radical Treatment for prostate cancer
Objectives Primary objective: to determine whether prostate gland partial ablation (PA) has non‐inferior oncological treatment success vs radical treatment (RT) of localised intermediate‐risk prostate cancer (irPCa). Secondary objectives: to compare (i) participant‐reported urinary and sexual dysfunction side effects, (ii) short/medium term serious ...
Richard J. Bryant +42 more
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Radioimmunotherapy: future prospects from the perspective of brachytherapy
In combination with radiotherapy, immunotherapy is becoming an increasingly used strategy in treating advanced, recurrent, or metastatic cancer. The evident impact of radiotherapy on local and systemic immune response is an indication of the synergistic ...
Glatzer, Markus +7 more
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Transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) for prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Objective Our objective was to synthesise evidence on oncological, functional and safety outcomes of magnetic resonance imaging‐guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) for primary and recurrent prostate cancer. Methods MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus were systematically searched from inception to July 2025. The primary outcomes were
Eugene Wang +4 more
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Research trends in cervical cancer brachytherapy: a bibliometric analysis
Background Cervical cancer (CC) was a significant gynecological malignancy. Brachytherapy (BT) has found extensive application in cervical cancer radiotherapy, attributed to its remarkable features of high-precision positioning and highly conformal dose ...
Shuilan Bao +9 more
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