ReviewInternational journal of clinical oncology2017
Brachytherapy in the treatment of breast cancer.
Review in International journal of clinical oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intraoperative Radiotherapy with Balloon-Based Electronic Brachytherapy System-A Systematic Review and First Bulgarian Experience in Breast Cancer Patients.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Pooled it
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- Cancer Brachytherapy at the Nanoscale: An Emerging Paradigm.Chemical & biomedical imaging · 2024Review
- Prime Editing: An Emerging Tool in Cancer Treatment.Molecular biotechnology · 2023Review
- Development of a risk model to predict prognosis in breast cancer based on cGAS-STING-related genes.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
- Feasibility Study on the Radiation Dose by Radioactive Magnetic Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Open-Source Brachytherapy.Cancers · 2022Article
- Insights and Strategies to Revive Brachytherapy Using Social Media: A Google Trends Analysis.Cureus · 2022Article
- Cuproptosis Combined with lncRNAs Predicts the Prognosis and Immune Microenvironment of Breast Cancer.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Comparison of Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Techniques Regarding Secondary Cancer Risk and Normal Tissue Complication Probability - Modelling and Measurements Using a 3D-Printed Phantom.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Ultrasound-guided implantation of radioactiveBMC cancer · 2021Article
- Exploring the Mechanism of Baicalin Intervention in Breast Cancer Based on MicroRNA Microarrays and Bioinformatics Strategies.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Role of Exosomes for Delivery of Chemotherapeutic Drugs.Critical reviews in therapeutic drug carrier systems · 2021Review
- Inter-fractional variations in the dosimetric parameters of accelerated partial breast irradiation using a strut-adjusted volume implant.Journal of radiation research · 2020Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Brachytherapy is an important radio-therapeutic modality for a variety of malignancies, including prostate cancer, cervix cancer, breast cancer, vagina cancer, endometrium cancer, head and neck cancer, and many more. This technique has been shown to be an effective and safe non-pharmaceutical treatment with fewer serious complications and better outcome than other treatments for breast cancer. Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients around the world benefit from brachytherapy, which reliably delivers a relatively higher radiation dose to the intended target. However, the follow-up time, patient eligibility criteria, treatment strategy, and radiation doses used in published studies are somewhat inconsistent, making it difficult to strictly compare and evaluate the performance of the treatment. More rigorous studies are required to confirm the safety of this technique and to make outcome data more comparable. In this review, we focus on recent advances in breast brachytherapy techniques and provide an overview of outcomes, cosmetic outcome, toxicity, complications, and limitations of brachytherapy for the treatment of breast cancer. We also summarize the clinical outcomes and toxicity results in patients receiving or not receiving brachytherapy.
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