Low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy
Minimal percentage of dose received by 90% of the urethra (%UD90) is the most significant predictor of PSA bounce in patients who underwent low-dose-rate brachytherapy (LDR-brachytherapy) for prostate cancer
... Several investigators have reported PSA (prostate-spe- cific antigen) bounce, a transient PSA elevation that is frequently observed after low-dose-rate brachytherapy (LDR-brachytherapy) ...
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Low dose rate brachytherapy for patients with low or intermediate risk prostate cancer: a systematic review
... of low- dose rate brachytherapy (PB) in patients with low- or intermediate- risk prostate cancer using a systematic review of the ...
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Generation of Dose Volume Histograms Using Voxel Structure and the Monte Carlo Method in Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy
... the dose volume his- togram (DVHs), it can be seen that there is a lack of detail showing how these tools are built through simulation treatments using in voxels simulators and MCNP transport ...of Dose ...
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Low dose rate brachytherapy for patients with low or intermediate risk prostate cancer: a systematic review
... Low dose rate brachytherapy CUAJ ? November December 2013 ? Volume 7, Issues 11 12 E783CUAJ ? November December 2013 ? Volume 7, Issues 11 12 ? 2013 Canadian Urological Association T a b le 1 P a ti e[.] ...
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Focal low-dose rate brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer
... LDR brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer has been well ...LDR brachytherapy is still in its early ...LDR brachytherapy is promising because of the well-established and successful experience ...
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The Effect of Dose and Quality Assurance in Early Prostate Cancer Treated with Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy as Monotherapy
... I-125 brachytherapy it is likely that the recommendation of 25 implants per year per clinical oncologist may be difficult to ...HDR brachytherapy, a pragmatic approach may be that the 25 per year may ...
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Quality of life after low-dose rate-brachytherapy for prostate carcinoma – long-term results and literature review on QLQ-C30 and QLQ-PR25 results in published brachytherapy series
... Miller et al. [7] analyzed quality of life after a median follow-up of up to 6.2 years after LDR-brachytherapy. The authors compared the results to an earlier analysis at a follow-up of 2.6 years. ...
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Outcomes of Gleason Score ≤8 among High Risk Prostate Cancer Treated with 125I Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy Based Multimodal Therapy
... We excluded those with a follow-up period <3 years. Biochemical recurrence (BCR) followed the Phoenix definition. BCR-free survival rates were compared be- tween the patients with Gleason score ≥9 and Gleason score ...
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Evidence based guideline recommendations on low dose rate brachytherapy in patients with low or intermediate risk prostate cancer
... interstitial brachytherapy for prostate ...prostate brachytherapy- related morbidity: morbidity outcomes from two prospective randomized multicenter ...versus brachytherapy for low-risk ...
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A Pilot project to study the feasibility of interdigitating High Dose Rate brachytherapy with Concurrent Chemoirradiation in Carcinoma Cervix
... and brachytherapy. Usually brachytherapy done in cancer cervix is low-dose-rate ...high-dose-rate brachytherapy, low dose rate ...
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Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Low Dose-Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy Procedure
... Cancer: Low Dose-Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy Procedure This booklet will give you information about the prostate low dose-rate brachytherapy implant assessment and ...
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Low dose rate brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer
... The quantity of ejaculate (semen) may decrease following brachytherapy and the first few ejaculates may appear a different colour. This is caused by bleeding in the prostate gland. It will return to normal in a few ...
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... of Low Dose Rate (LDR) ICBT was replaced by HDR ICBT in most of the countries of the world ...large dose per fraction ...American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) recommends that individual ...
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Brachytherapy for cervix cancer: low-dose rate or high-dose rate brachytherapy – a meta-analysis of clinical trials
... intracavitary brachytherapy is the stability of positioning of the appli- cators during the long periods of ...treatment. Dose calcula- tions are performed soon after the applicators are inserted and before ...
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High Dose Rate Brachytherapy of Cervical Cancer Treatment using Cobalt-60 Radionuclide Source: A Prospective Study
... high dose to the central tumor volume including the cervix and adjacent tissues with maximum tumor control without crossing the tolerance of surrounding normal ...of dose at a distance from the cervix ...
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A Comparative Study between two different HDR Fractionation schedules of Intracavitary Brachytherapy in Carcinoma Cervix Stage-III
... of Low Dose Rate (LDR) ICBT was replaced by High Dose Rate (HDR) ICBT in most of the countries of the world [3] ...large dose per fraction [4] ...HDR brachytherapy is ...
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Outcomes of Patients with Unfavorable Prostate Cancer Treated with High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy and External Beam Radiotherapy
... higher dose of radiation to the prostate when compared to radiotherapy ...high dose of radiation within a well-defined volume, with a rapid fall-off of dose outside the implanted area ...miss ...
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Prostate Brachytherapy Low dose rate permanent seed implant
... Each seed gives off radiation to a small surrounding area . By careful placement of the seeds very high doses of radiation can be delivered to areas of the prostate affected by the cancer and relatively little ...
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Empirical Validation Of Absorbed Dose To The Rectum In The Treatment Of Cervical Cancer Using High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
... optimised dose from the TPS and the measured dose by the film has been summarised in Table ...(for dose measurements in phantom) deviation of prescribed dose delivery for intracavitary BT ...
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<p>Radiosensitization Effects by Bismuth Oxide Nanoparticles in Combination with Cisplatin for High Dose Rate Brachytherapy</p>
... An alternative to gold nanoparticles, bismuth oxide nanoparticles (BiONPs) has been investigated as a poten- tial radiosensitizer. 13,15,16 The presence of bismuth may trigger additional retention, absorption, and ...
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