Image-guided radiotherapy: has it influenced patient outcomes?

A Bujold, T Craig, D Jaffray, LA Dawson - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
Cancer control and toxicity outcomes are the mainstay of evidence-based medicine in
radiation oncology. However, radiotherapy is an intricate therapy involving numerous …

Late rectal complications after prostate brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer: incidence and management

J Phan, DA Swanson, LB Levy, RJ Kudchadker… - Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This review of the literature on late rectal complications after prostate brachytherapy
indicated that it is a highly effective treatment modality for patients with clinically localized …

Multicenter analysis of effect of high biologic effective dose on biochemical failure and survival outcomes in patients with Gleason score 7–10 prostate cancer treated …

NN Stone, L Potters, BJ Davis, JP Ciezki… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To investigate the biochemical control rates and survival for Gleason score 7–10
prostate cancer patients undergoing permanent prostate brachytherapy as a function of the …

Placement of an absorbable rectal hydrogel spacer in patients undergoing low-dose-rate brachytherapy with palladium-103

AS Taggar, T Charas, NC Gil'ad, K Boonyawan… - Brachytherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Rates of rectal toxicity after low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy for prostate cancer
are dependent on rectal dose, which is associated with rectal distance from prostate and …

Imaging in radiation oncology: a perspective

LA Dawson, C Ménard - The oncologist, 2010 - academic.oup.com
An inherent goal of radiation therapy is to deliver enough dose to the tumor to eradicate all
cancer cells or to palliate symptoms, while avoiding normal tissue injury. Imaging for cancer …

The American Brachytherapy Society prostate brachytherapy LDR/HDR simulation workshops: Hands-on, step-by-step training in the process of quality assurance

SJ Frank, F Mourtada, J Crook, PF Orio, RG Stock… - Brachytherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Education and training on prostate brachytherapy for radiation oncology and
medical physics residents in the United States is inadequate, resulting in fewer competent …

[HTML][HTML] Urethral strictures after radiation therapy for prostate cancer

F Moltzahn, A Dal Pra, M Furrer… - … and clinical urology, 2016 - synapse.koreamed.org
Urethral stricture after radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer is a delicate problem as
the decreased availability of tissue healing and the close relation to the sphincter …

Decline of dose coverage between intraoperative planning and post implant dosimetry for I-125 permanent prostate brachytherapy: Comparison between loose and …

MA Moerland, MJH van Deursen, SG Elias… - Radiotherapy and …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In permanent prostate brachytherapy the dose
distributions 4 weeks post implant differ from the intraoperative dose distributions. The …

Periodical assessment of genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity in patients who underwent prostate low-dose-rate brachytherapy

N Tanaka, I Asakawa, S Anai, A Hirayama… - Radiation …, 2013 - Springer
Background To compare the periodical incidence rates of genitourinary (GU) and
gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity in patients who underwent prostate low-dose-rate brachytherapy …

Urethra-sparing, intraoperative, real-time planned, permanent-seed prostate brachytherapy: toxicity analysis

T Zilli, D Taussky, D Donath, HP Le… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To report the toxicity outcome in patients with localized prostate cancer
undergoing 125I permanent-seed brachytherapy (BT) according to a urethra-sparing …