Analysis of the relationship between prescribed dose and dosimetric advantage of real-time intraoperatively built custom-linked seeds in iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy

Analysis of the relationship between prescribed dose and dosimetric advantage of real-time intraoperatively built custom-linked seeds in iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the dosimetric advantage of using intraoperatively built custom-linked (IBCL) seeds between permanent iodine-125 (I-125) seed implantation (PI) alone and PI followed by external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for pros...

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Main Authors: Katsumi Hirose, Masahiko Aoki, Mariko Sato, Hiroyoshi Akimoto, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Atsushi Imai, Noritaka Kamimura, Hideo Kawaguchi, Yoshiomi Hatayama, Ichitaro Fujioka, Mitsuki Tanaka, Chikara Ohyama, Yoshihiro Takai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Prostate cancer
Brachytherapy
IBCL seed
Seed migration
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-017-0932-7

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