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ArticleJournal of radiation research2012

Percutaneous interstitial brachytherapy for adrenal metastasis: technical report.

Kazushi Kishi, Shinji Tamura, Yasushi Mabuchi, Tetsuo Sonomura, Yasutaka Noda, Motoki Nakai, Morio Sato, Kazuhiko Ino, Noboru Yamanaka

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Article in Journal of radiation research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Radioablation of adrenal gland malignomas with interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy : Efficacy and outcome.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazushi KishiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama City, 641-8510 Japan. kazushi.kishi@gmail.com
Shinji Tamura
Yasushi Mabuchi
Tetsuo Sonomura
Yasutaka Noda
Motoki Nakai
Morio Sato
Kazuhiko Ino
Noboru Yamanaka
Wakayama Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed and evaluated the feasibility of a brachytherapy technique as a safe and effective treatment for adrenal metastasis. Adapting a paravertebral insertion technique in radiofrequency ablation of adrenal tumors, we developed an interstitial brachytherapy for adrenal metastasis achievable on an outpatient basis. Under local anesthesia and under X-ray CT guidance, brachytherapy applicator needles were percutaneously inserted into the target. A treatment plan was created to eradicate the tumor while preserving normal organs including the spinal cord and kidney. We applied this interstitial brachytherapy technique to two patients: one who developed adrenal metastasis as the third recurrence of uterine cervical cancer after reirradiation, and one who developed metachronous multiple metastases from malignant melanoma. The whole procedure was completed in 2.5 hours. There were no procedure-related or radiation-related early/late complications. FDG PET-CT images at two and three months after treatment showed absence of FDG uptake, and no recurrence of the adrenal tumor was observed for over seven months until expiration, and for six months until the present, respectively. This interventional interstitial brachytherapy procedure may be useful as a safe and eradicative treatment for adrenal metastasis.

Indexed as

Adrenal Gland NeoplasmsAgedAged, 80 and overBrachytherapyCarcinoma, Squamous CellFemaleHumansMelanomaMiddle AgedPharyngeal NeoplasmsPositron-Emission TomographyRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedUterine Cervical Neoplasms

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PMID22843376
PMCPMC3430424
OpenAlexW2156484008

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