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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2019

Image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer patients with previous rectal resection and pelvic irradiation: feasibility study.

Ewelina Gruszczynska, Mateusz Dabkowski, Anetta Kasprowicz, Anna Kulik, Michał Bijok, Adam Kowalczyk, Katarzyna Sikorska, Agnieszka Zolciak-Siwinska

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ewelina GruszczynskaDepartment of Medical Physics, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Mateusz DabkowskiDepartment of Brachytherapy, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Anetta KasprowiczDepartment of Brachytherapy, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Anna KulikDepartment of Brachytherapy, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Michał BijokDepartment of Medical Physics, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Adam KowalczykDepartment of Medical Physics, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Katarzyna SikorskaDepartment of Medical Physics, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Agnieszka Zolciak-SiwinskaDepartment of Brachytherapy, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.
The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to describe treatment procedure and early clinical outcomes of high-dose-rate (HDR) interstitial brachytherapy (BT) in clinically localized prostate cancer patients previously treated for rectal cancer with abdominoperineal rectal resection and external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). MATERIAL AND

methodsBetween February and July 2015, two patients with clinically localized prostate cancer without rectal access were treated in our brachytherapy department. HDR interstitial brachytherapy was conducted with the guidance of fluoroscopy and computed tomography (CT) imaging. Brachytherapy was combined with hormonal therapy.

resultsFollow-up lasted for 34 and 39 months for patient 1 and 2, respectively. Both patients remained free from biochemical recurrence according to the Phoenix definition. No severe G3/G4 late toxicity was observed, and neither patient experienced any gastrointestinal morbidity. Acute and late urinary toxicities were at an acceptance level, and were scored G1 and G2 for patient 1, and G3 and G1 for patient 2, respectively.

conclusionsFluoroscopy and 3D CT image-guided interstitial brachytherapy is feasible and appears to be a suitable treatment technique for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer after previous rectal resection and external beam radiation therapy.

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brachytherapyHDRprostate cancerrectal cancer

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