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high dose rate brachytherapy

Known as: Brachytherapy, High Dose rate (HDR), HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY 
Internal radiation treatment that targets a cancerous tissue with accurate, high doses of radiation through the use of inserted temporary implants.
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Review
2017
Review
2017
GEC-ESTRO ACROP recommendations for head & neck brachytherapy in squamous cell carcinomas: 1st update - Improvement by cross sectional imaging based treatment planning and stepping source technology.
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
A Feasibility Study of Fricke Dosimetry as an Absorbed Dose to Water Standard for 192Ir HDR Sources
High dose rate brachytherapy (HDR) using 192Ir sources is well accepted as an important treatment option and thus requires an… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Exeresis and brachytherapy as salvage treatment for local recurrence after conservative treatment for breast cancer: results of a ten-year pilot study.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Urethral stricture following high dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Brachytherapy for cervix cancer: low-dose rate or high-dose rate brachytherapy – a meta-analysis of clinical trials
BackgroundThe literature supporting high-dose rate brachytherapy (HDR) in the treatment of cervical carcinoma derives primarily… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Clinical experience using hypofractionated radiation schedules in breast cancer.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
PET-guided three-dimensional treatment planning of intracavitary gynecologic implants.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Curative irradiation of limited endobronchial carcinomas with high-dose rate brachytherapy. Results of a pilot study.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY Pilot study to assess high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy as sole treatment for limited endobronchial non… 
1995
1995
High-dose-rate brachytherapy in childhood sarcomas: a local control strategy preserving bone growth and function.
The administration of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) has been an integral part of the successful treatment of childhood… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Low dose rate vs. high dose rate brachytherapy in the treatment of carcinoma of the uterine cervix: a clinical trial.
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