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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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2009
2009
Urethral stricture following high dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer.
PURPOSE To evaluate the incidence, timing, nature and outcome of urethral strictures following high dose rate brachytherapy (HDRB… (More)
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2007
2007
High dose rate brachytherapy as a boost for the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
PURPOSE We report the outcome and toxicities of high dose rate brachytherapy as a boost for localized prostate cancer… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
High dose rate brachytherapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy in the radical treatment of prostate cancer: initial results of a randomised phase three trial.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A randomised phase III trial has compared external beam radiotherapy alone with a dose escalated schedule… (More)
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2005
2005
Long-term outcome of high dose rate brachytherapy in radiotherapy of localised prostate cancer.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE High dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) in prostate cancer (PC) is receiving increasing interest. The steep… (More)
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2003
2003
Lip cancer treatment with high dose rate brachytherapy.
We present 39 patients with lip carcinoma treated with HDR, (needles) with 5-5.5 Gy per 8-10 fractions b.i.d. (total dose 40.5-45… (More)
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2001
2001
Radiotherapy alone for invasive vaginal cancer: outcome with intracavitary high dose rate brachytherapy versus conventional low dose rate brachytherapy.
PURPOSE Our aim was to compare the role of remote afterloaded high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDRB) with traditional low-dose-rate… (More)
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2000
2000
High dose rate brachytherapy for superficial cancer of the esophagus.
PURPOSE We analyzed our experience with external radiotherapy, combined modality treatment, or HDR brachytherapy alone to limited… (More)
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1996
1996
Pulsed dose rate and fractionated high dose rate brachytherapy: choice of brachytherapy schedules to replace low dose rate treatments.
PURPOSE Pulsed dose rate (PDR) brachytherapy is a new type of afterloading brachytherapy (BT) in which a continuous low dose rate… (More)
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1994
1994
Low dose rate vs. high dose rate brachytherapy in the treatment of carcinoma of the uterine cervix: a clinical trial.
PURPOSE This study is a prospective randomized clinical trial undertaken at our center to compare low dose rate versus high dose… (More)
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1992
1992
[High dose rate brachytherapy].
The high dose rate brachytherapy uses a single source os 192Ir with 10Ci of nominal activity in a remote afterloading machine… (More)
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