The use of nomograms in LDR-HDR prostate brachytherapy.

abstract：PURPOSE:The incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) has been increasing over the past 30 years. Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma are the two most common subtypes of NMSC. The aim of this study was to estimate tumour control, toxicity, and aesthetic events in elderly patients treated with high-dose-...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Delishaj D,Laliscia C,Manfredi B,Ursino S,Pasqualetti F,Lombardo E,Perrone F,Morganti R,Paiar F,Fabrini MG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the treatment effect of image-guided high-dose-rate (HDR) interstitial brachytherapy for refractory recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). CASE REPORT:This 66-year-old female presented with recurrence 5 years after thyroidectomy for PTC. Despite external irradiation and radioactive (131)I, the...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Wu N,Zhao H,Han D,Cheng G,Zhao Z,Ge Y

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the differences in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) bounce (PB) after high-dose-rate (HDR-BT) or low-dose-rate (LDR-BT) brachytherapy alone in prostate cancer patients. Materials and methods:Ninety-four patients with localized prostate cancer (T1-T2cN0), age ranged 50-81 years, were treated with ...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Burchardt W,Skowronek J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last twenty years major software and hardware developments in brachytherapy treatment planning, intraoperative navigation and dose delivery have been made. Image-guided brachytherapy has emerged as the ultimate conformal radiation therapy, allowing precise dose deposition on small volumes under direct image v...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Polo A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether Co-60 is equivalent to Ir-192 for HDR cervical brachytherapy, through 3D-DVH dose comparisons in standard and optimised plans. Previous studies have only considered 2D dosimetry, point dose comparisons or identical loading. Typical treatment times and economics are considered. MATERIAL AND ...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Palmer A,Hayman O,Muscat S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to improve oncologic outcomes in radiotherapy treatments of patients with unresectable pelvic sidewall recurrences of uterine cervical cancer, we combined high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy (HDR-ISBT) with newly tested hypoxic radiosensitizer Kochi oxydol-radiation therapy for unresectable carcinomas (...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Nakata M,Yoshida K,Shimbo T,Yoshikawa N,Yoshioka H,Hori A,Sato C,Uesugi Y,Kogata Y,Masui K,Murakami N,Kashihara T,Akiyama H,Tselis N,Ohmichi M,Nihei K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the short-term toxicity and dosimetry of tandem and ring (TR), and tandem and ovoid (TO) applicators in treatment of gynecologic malignancy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Following pelvic external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), a total of 52 computed tomography-based plans from 13 patients with cervical canc...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Ma JK,Mourad WF,Allbright R,Packianathan S,Harrell LM,Chinchar E,Nguyen A,Vijayakumar S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the treatment outcomes with high-dose-rate (HDR) interstitial brachytherapy (HDR-BRT) in head and neck cancers (HNC). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fifty-eight patients with HNC as per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM staging criteria were analyzed retrospectively between 2008 and 2015. Forty-t...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Bhalavat R,Chandra M,Pareek V,Nellore L,George K,Nandakumar P,Bauskar P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare prostate contours on conventional stepping transverse image acquisitions with those on twister-based sagittal image acquisitions. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twenty prostate cancer patients who were planned to have permanent interstitial prostate brachytherapy were prospectively accrued. A transrectal ultr...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Kawakami S,Ishiyama H,Satoh T,Tsumura H,Sekiguchi A,Takenaka K,Tabata KI,Iwamura M,Hayakawa K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To verify the accuracy and efficacy of three-dimensional printing individual template (3D-PIT) with computed tomography-magnetic resonance imaging (CT-MRI) fusion for radioactive iodine-125 (125I) seed implantation in high-grade brain gliomas. Material and methods:Between June 2017 and June 2018, 16 patients w...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Liu S,Wang H,Wang C,Zhang H,Li W,Dong Q,Hu X

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:During intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) for cervical cancer, the choice of applicator system remains rather arbitrary. However, as the applicator geometry may play an important role in dose distribution, thereby improving the therapeutic ratio, this study was conducted to compare the Manchester-style and Flet...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Basu B,Basu S,Chakraborti B,Ghorai S,Gupta P,Ghosh S,Ghosh K,Jayanti J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology allows physicians to rapidly create customized devices for patients. We report our initial clinical experience using this technology to create custom applicators for vaginal brachytherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Three brachytherapy patients with unique clinical needs we...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Sethi R,Cunha A,Mellis K,Siauw T,Diederich C,Pouliot J,Hsu IC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the treatment effect of interstitial brachytherapy for abdominal wall metastases of ovarian cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The patient is a 44-year-old female with a diagnosis of stage IA ovarian cancer. After surgery and two cycles of chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin, the patient noticed d...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Shi D,Wu N,Zhao H,He M,Han D,Cheng G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Inadequate procedural training is of increasing concern in resident training, especially in prostate brachytherapy (PB). Transperineal rectal spacer placement (TRSP) requires many of the same proficiencies as PB. This work describes the assessment of teaching techniques focusing on developing critical competenc...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Bachand J,Schroeder SR,Desai NB,Folkert MR

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To compare the cervical cancer treatment outcome and toxicities between two different institutions. Material and methods:We analysed the clinical outcome of cervical cancer patients treated at two different centres from January 2015 to December 2016. Centre A treated 72 patients by external beam radiotherapy (...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Ravindran E,Kumar M,Gururajachar JM,Thangaraj R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The aim of this study was to propose an index for evaluating dosimetric impact of inter-observer target delineation variability in brachytherapy. Material and methods:The coverage with dosimetric concordance index (CDCI) is expressed as CDCIcommon and CDCIpair. The CDCIcommon is the mean coverage of target vol...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Upreti RR,Budrukkar A,Upreti U,Wadasadawala T,Pathak R,Misra S,Gurrum L,Kinhikar RA,Deshpande DD

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To outline the evolution of computerized brachytherapy treatment planning in the United States through a review of technological developments and clinical practice refinements. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A literature review was performed and interviews were conducted with six participants in the development of compu...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Aronowitz JN,Rivard MJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to report an uncommon case of nasal keloid treated with adaptive image-guided high-dose-rate (HDR) intracavitary brachytherapy. A 34-year-old female presented with nasal keloid after facial trauma was treated with scar resection and HDR intracavitary brachytherapy with a customized eccentric a...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Huang C,He M,Zhao H,Cheng PG

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Graphical optimization (GO) and inverse planning simulated annealing (IPSA) are the main treatment planning optimization techniques used in patients undergoing 3D brachytherapy treatment. This study aims to compare the dosimetric difference of plans optimized by GO and IPSA in cervical cancer brachytherapy. Ma...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Tang B,Liu X,Wang X,Kang S,Wang P,Li J,Orlandini LC

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:There is limited data to support the use of hypofractionated external beam radiation (HypoF) in combination with high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR). We report our quality of life (QOL) outcomes when treating intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer patients with external beam radiation (EBRT) plus HDR. Mater...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Morgan TM,Press RH,Cutrell PK,Zhang C,Chen Z,Rahnema S,Jhaveri J,Sanda M,Pattaras J,Patel P,Jani AB,Rossi PJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a field dominated by external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), both the therapeutic and technical possibilities of brachytherapy (BT) are underrated, shadowed by protons and intensity modulated radiotherapy. Decreasing expertise and indications, as well as increasing lack of specific BT training for radiation therapy...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Popescu T,Kacsó AC,Pisla D,Kacsó G

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this work was to determine dose distributions for high-energy brachytherapy sources at spatial locations not included in the radial dose function gL(r) and 2D anisotropy function F(r,θ) table entries for radial distance r and polar angle θ. The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) to evaluate ...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Pujades-Claumarchirant MC,Granero D,Perez-Calatayud J,Ballester F,Melhus C,Rivard M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The object of this study was to analyze the outcome of salvage HDR brachytherapy treatment after local failure, for patients with prostate specific antigen (PSA) failure without distant metastasis, after external beam radiation and HDR brachytherapy treatment, or after radical prostatectomy, with or without hor...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Łyczek J,Kawczyńska MM,Garmol D,Kasprowicz A,Kulik A,Dąbkowski M,Czyżew B,Gruszczyńska E,Bijok M,Kowalik Ł

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a robot-assisted 3D personalized template in 125I seed brachytherapy of thoracoabdominal tumors. Material and methods:Forty-three patients with different tumors were involved in this research between 2013 and 2015. They were all eligible to 125I se...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Ma X,Yang PZ,Jiang PS,Huo PB,Cao Q,Chai PS,Wang PH

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to report the clinical results of uterine cervical cancer patients treated by primary radiation therapy including brachytherapy, and investigate the role of interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT). MATERIAL AND METHODS:All consecutive uterine cervical cancer patients who were treated by pri...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Murakami N,Kobayashi K,Kato T,Nakamura S,Wakita A,Okamoto H,Shima S,Tsuchida K,Kashihara T,Harada K,Takahashi K,Umezawa R,Inaba K,Ito Y,Igaki H,Itami J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report on preliminary results of a prospective study on MRI-assisted cervix cancer brachytherapy pre-planning. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In six locally advanced cervix cancer patients, five days before the first brachytherapy fraction, tandem & ring applicator was inserted under para-cervical anaesthesia, MRI pe...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Petric P,Hudej R,Music M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Radiotherapy for breast cancer includes different techniques and methods. The purpose of this study is to compare dosimetric calculations using TG-43 dose formalism and Varian Acuros™ BV (GBBS) dose calculation algorithm for interstitial implant of breast using metal catheters in high-dose-rate (HDR) brachyther...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Sinnatamby M,Nagarajan V,Reddy K S,Karunanidhi G,Singhavajala V

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is rare but aggressive neoplasm. Interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT) alone or combined with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) as post-operative treatment improves loco-regional (LRC) and distant control. Material and methods:Out of twenty-nine non-metastatic STS (lower limb 64%) patient...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Manir KS,Basu A,Choudhury KB,Basu S,Ghosh K,Gangopadhyay S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore patterns of time to failure in men receiving high doses of permanent seed brachytherapy with or without external beam radiation therapy as a function of risk status. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Two thousand two hundred and thirty four patients were treated with prostate brachytherapy with median follow up ...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Taira AV,Merrick GS,Butler WM,Galbreath RW,Fiano R,Wallner KE,Adamovich E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To present a small series of cases, in which single-fraction image-guided high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy was provided as palliative treatment for inoperable head and neck cancer cases. Material and methods:We used this technique to treat 3 patients with symptomatic head and neck cancer (tongue cancer, ging...

journal_title：Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

authors： Ota Y,Masui K,Suzuki G,Yamazaki H,Yamada K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00