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A precise and simple isodose-volume-based verification method for HDR and LDR brachytherapy plans

, 2023
PURPOSE The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) code of practice for brachytherapy physics recommends performing an independent treatment time calculation.
H. Schiefer, S. Heinze, Schiefer, H, M. Glatzer, Heinze, S, Glatzer, M   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Active surveillance for intermediate risk prostate cancer: the Manitoba Prostate Center experience

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objectives To report long‐term oncological outcomes of men with intermediate‐risk prostate cancer managed with active surveillance at a single centre. Subjects/Patients and Methods We retrospectively analysed a prospectively maintained Manitoba Prostate Centre active surveillance database.
Steven Lu, Connor Roque, Jeff Saranchuk, Ardalan E. Ahmad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intermediate clinical endpoints as surrogates for overall survival after salvage prostatectomy

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objectives To evaluate biochemical recurrence‐free survival (BRFS) and metastasis‐free survival (MFS) as potential intermediate clinical endpoints (ICEs) for overall survival (OS) in patients undergoing salvage radical prostatectomy (sRP). Patients and Methods Evaluable patients were selected from a retrospective dataset, resulting in a cohort of 879 ...
Navid Roessler, Zuzanna Nowicka, Marcin Miszczyk, Giorgio Calleris, Alessandro Dematteis, Malte W. Vetterlein, Simone Albisinni, Henk G Van Der Poel, Paul Cathcart, Giovanni E. Cacciamani, Inderbir S. Gill, Raj A. Persad, Steven Joniau, Rafael Sanchez‐Salas, Joseph A. Smith Jr, Robert Jeffrey Karnes, Mohamed E. Ahmed, Pawel Rajwa, Derya Tilki, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Paolo Gontero, Giancarlo Marra, on behalf of the Young Academic Urologists Prostate Cancer Working Party   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research trends in cervical cancer brachytherapy: a bibliometric analysis

Discover Oncology
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, Yiren Wang, Yiheng Hu, Sheng Lin, Youhua Wang, Ke Yuan, Yun Zhou, Ping Zhou, Haowen Pang, Zhengyi Zuo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐Term Local Control and Mortality After Transpupillary Thermotherapy of Small Uveal Melanomas

Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) is used for selected small choroidal melanocytic tumours, either as primary treatment or as an adjunct to plaque brachytherapy. We compared long‐term local recurrence and mortality outcomes after primary TTT alone, plaque brachytherapy combined with TTT (brachy+TTT), and plaque brachytherapy alone (
Maria Fili, Malin Ermedahl Conradi, Maya Klaff Dahl, Shiva Sabazade, Manuel Casselholm De Salles, Gustav Stålhammar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brachytherapy seeds as a nidus for urethral stone formation: A case report

IJU Case Reports, 2019
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, Takeo Kosaka, Hiroshi Hongo, Ryuichi Mizuno, Mototsugu Oya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric peri-operative fractionated high-dose-rate brachytherapy for recurrent Wilms’ tumor using a reconstructed Freiburg flap

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2016
Purpose : To report peri-operative fractionated high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy with a 3D customized Freiburg flap applicator to treat locally recurrent Wilms’ tumor, followed by immediate hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for a 16-year-old ...
Emily Flower, Kathy Ngoc Tran, Salman Zanjani, Wayne Smith, Jonathan Karpelowsky, Katie Summerhayes, Edgar Estoesta, Jennifer Chard   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Single fraction computed tomography-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy or stereotactic body radiotherapy for primary and metastatic lung tumors? [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: To provide a pilot dosimetric study of computed tomography (CT)-guided high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy (BRT) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for primary and metastatic lung lesions. Material and methods: For nine lung primary and
Chiang, CL, Blanck, O, Lee, VW, Chan, MK, Leung, RW, Kadoya, N, Cheung, S, Wong, MY   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Five Decades of Innovation—Tailored Breast Cancer Treatment: 1976–2026

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Ipshita Prakash, Pooja Ramakant, Sandra Krishnan, Sharon W. W. Chan, Tadahiko Shien, Kavitha Daester, Michael Douek, Mee Hoong See, Jacqueline Jeruss, Cheng‐Har Yip, Ines Buccimazza   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cervical Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Initially Detected on Cytology: Diagnostic Pitfalls and Clues

Cytopathology, EarlyView.
This case describes the initial detection of cervical small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma on conventional endometrial and cervicovaginal liquid‐based cytology. Given its rarity and high aggressiveness, early recognition and rapid, intensive treatment are crucial for improving patient outcomes.
Yesul Jeong
wiley   +1 more source