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Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy

Internal radiation treatment that targets a cancerous tissue with low doses of radiation through the use of inserted temporary or permanent implants.
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Review
2014
Review
2014
Allegheny General Hospital experience with LDR prostate brachytherapy comparing Pd-103 with I-125.
274 Background: To report a retrospective review of a single institution’s experience treating patients with localized… 
2013
2013
Patterns of relapse and risk for new malignancies following partial breast re-irradiation
PurposeRepeat irradiation of the breast is not commonly used. However, among patients with prior history of breast or mantle… 
2013
2013
Braquiterapia com alta taxa de dose e cisplatina concomitante no tratamento do carcinoma espinocelular do colo do útero estadio IIIB: comparação histórica e ensaio clínico aleatorizado
Introducao: Ensaios clinicos das ultimas duas decadas do seculo XX demonstraram a superioridade da radioterapia associada a… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Imaging for Post-implant Dosimetry
Imaging the prostate after low-dose rate brachytherapy is a means of assessing the quality of the implant and the calculated… 
2013
2013
How does stereotactic body radiotherapy compare to standard external beam radiotherapy or low-dose rate brachytherapy for low-risk prostate cancer?
e16070 Background: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is an emerging radiotherapy technique that appears to be efficacious… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Prospective longitudinal comparative study of health-related quality of life and treatment satisfaction in patients treated with hormone therapy, radical retropubic prostatectomy, and high or low…
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of four different prostate cancer treatments on quality of life (QoL) and patient satisfaction… 
2001
2001
High-dose versus low-dose rate brachytherapy in definitive radiotherapy of cervical cancer.
BACKGROUND To retrospectively compare the clinical outcome in cervical cancer patients treated by external irradiation and… 
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