Radioactive Iodine-125 in Tumor Therapy: Advances and Future Directions

Radioactive iodine-125 (I-125) is the most widely used radioactive sealed source for interstitial permanent brachytherapy (BT). BT has the exceptional ability to deliver extremely high doses that external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) could never achieve within treated lesions, with the added benefit tha...

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Main Authors: Shuhua Wei, Chunxiao Li, Mengyuan Li, Yan Xiong, Yuliang Jiang, Haitao Sun, Bin Qiu, Christopher J. Lin, Junjie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.717180/full