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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2020

Feasibility of interstitial stepping-source electronic brachytherapy to locally inoperable tumors.

Arne Mathias Ruder, Laurens Inghelram, Frank Schneider, Gustavo R Sarria, Jürgen Hesser, Frederic Bludau, Udo Obertacke, Frederik Wenz, Yasser Abo-Madyan, Frank A Giordano

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2020. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Arne Mathias Ruder *Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Laurens Inghelram *Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Frank SchneiderDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Gustavo R SarriaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Jürgen HesserDepartment of Data Analysis and Modeling, Mannheim Institute for Intelligent Systems in Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany and Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Germany and Central Institute for Computer Engineering (ZITI), Heidelberg University, Germany.
Frederic BludauDepartment of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Udo ObertackeDepartment of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Frederik WenzDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Yasser Abo-MadyanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Frank A GiordanoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity Medical Centre Mannheim · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity Hospital Bonn · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeRadiotherapy is the mainstay in the treatment of locally inoperable tumors. Interstitial electronic needle-based kilovoltage brachytherapy (EBT) could be an economic alternative to high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy or permanent seed implantation (PSI). In this work, we evaluated if locally inoperable tumors treated with PSI at our institution may be suitable for EBT. MATERIAL AND

methodsA total of 10 post-interventional computed tomography (CT) scans of patients, who received PSI and simulated stepping-source EBT applied with Intrabeam system and needle applicator were used. EBT treatment planning software with 3-dimensional image and projection of applicator were applied for designing trajectories and establishing dwell positions. Dwell position doses were summarized, and doses covering 90% of the target volume (D

resultsIn all patients, D

conclusionsStepping-source EBT allowed for a conformal treatment of inoperable interstitial tumors with similar D

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electronic brachytherapyinterstitial brachytherapyIntrabeamiodine seedsstepping source

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PMID33299437
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