Placement of 131 Cs permanent brachytherapy seeds in a large combined cavity of two resected brain metastases in one setting: case report and technical note

Placement of 131 Cs permanent brachytherapy seeds in a large combined cavity of two resected brain metastases in one setting: case report and technical note

Large brain metastases are presently treated with surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy. However, local control (LC) for large tumors decreases from over 90% to as low as 40% as the tumor/cavity increases. Intraoperative brachytherapy is one of the focal radiotherapy techniques, which offers...

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Main Authors: Jacelyn Greenwald, Shoshana Taube, Menachem Z. Yondorf, Andrew Smith, Albert Sabbas, A. Gabriella Wernicke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
Subjects:
cesium-131
<sup>131</sup>cs
brachytherapy
metastasis
radiation
radiotherapy
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