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...
Main Authors: | Jacelyn Greenwald, Shoshana Taube, Menachem Z. Yondorf, Andrew Smith, Albert Sabbas, A. Gabriella Wernicke |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2019-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy |
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Online Access: | https://www.termedia.pl/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,54,37430,1,1.html |
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