Nuclear medicine is expected to make major advances in cancer diagnosis and therapy;
tumor-targeted radiopharmaceuticals preferentially eradicate tumors while causing minimal …

Abstract Brachytherapy (BT), using low-dose-rate (LDR) permanent seed implantation or
high-dose-rate (HDR) temporary source implantation, is an acceptable treatment option for …

PURPOSE: A well-established body of literature supports the use of high-dose-rate (HDR)
brachytherapy as definitive treatment for localized prostate cancer. Most of the articles …

Background: HDR afterloading brachytherapy (HDRBT) for prostate cancer is now
established as an effective technique to achieve dose escalation in the radical treatment of …

Purpose To convey the occurrence of isolated cases of severe rectal toxicity at the highest
dose level tested in 5-fraction stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for localized …

Purpose High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy was originally used with external beam
radiation therapy (EBRT) to increase the dose to the prostate without injuring the bladder or …

PURPOSE: To report the clinical outcome of high-dose-rate (HDR) interstitial (IRT)
brachytherapy (BRT) as sole treatment (monotherapy) for clinically localized prostate …

Magnetic resonance imaging–guided adaptive radiotherapy would make available the best
in anatomical and functional imaging during the course of radiation therapy. The possible …

Background To evaluate acute and late genitourinary, the gastrointestinal toxicity and the
long-term biochemical control after HDR monotherapy in one fraction (19 Gy). Patients and …

Purpose To review and analyze the published data on high-dose-rate brachytherapy as
monotherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer. Methods A literature search and a …