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brachytherapy
Indications:
- *radiation therapy of cancers
a) glioblastoma multiforme & other brain tumors
b) cervical cancer
c) prostate cancer
d) breast cancer
- *may be associated with worse outcomes than whole breast irradiation [3]
e) lung cancer
f) head & neck cancer
g) anal cancer
h) rectal cancer
i) sarcomas
- coronary stent restenosis
Procedure:
- radiation therapy in which the source of radiation is placed close to the surface of the body or within a body cavity, i.e. application of radium to the cervix, prostate or within the cranium
Complications:
- necrosis of adjacent tissue (especially in brain)
Specific
brachytherapy for prostate cancer
breast brachytherapy
coronary brachytherapy
head & neck brachytherapy
intraocular brachytherapy
muscle/soft tissue brachytherapy
pelvic brachytherapy
ureteral endoscopy with radiation insertion
General
radiation therapy (XRT)
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Wikipedia: Bracytherapy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy
http://www.brachytherapy.com/
- Smith GL et al.
Association between treatment with brachytherapy vs whole-breast
irradiation and subsequent mastectomy, complications, and
survival among older women with invasive breast cancer.
JAMA 2012 May 2; 307:1827.
PMID: 22550197
- Cancer Treatment Centers of America: Brachytherapy
- Mayo Clinic: Brachytherapy
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/brachytherapy/MY00323