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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

A Retrospective Study on Using a Novel Single Needle Cone Puncture Approach for the Iodine-125 Seed Brachytherapy in Treating Patients With Thoracic Malignancy.

Fenge Li, Liping Wang, Yixiang Zhang, Weihong Feng, Tao Ju, Zaiping Liu, Zhenglu Wang, Xueming Du

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. 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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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Fenge LiDepartment of Oncology, Tianjin Beichen Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Liping WangDepartment of Oncology, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China.
Yixiang ZhangPulmonary Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China.
Weihong FengDepartment of Oncology, Tianjin Beichen Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tao JuDepartment of Oncology, Tianjin Beichen Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zaiping LiuDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IWK Women's and Children's Health Center, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Zhenglu WangPathology Department, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xueming DuDepartment of Oncology, Tianjin Beichen Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Beichen Hospital · CNWeifang People's Hospital · CNChildren's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia · CAThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USTianjin Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with progressive thoracic malignancy characterized by large irregular tumors with necrosis and life-threatening symptoms lack effective treatments. We set out to develop a single needle cone puncture method for the Iodine-125 seed (SNCP-

methods294 patients with advanced thoracic malignancy were treated with local SNCP-

resultsThe overall response rate (ORR) among the treated patients was 81.0% (238/294). Life-threatening symptoms due to tumor oppression, hemoptysis and large irregular tumor with necrosis were successfully alleviated after the SNCP-

conclusionSNCP-

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life-threatening symptomradioactive iodine-125 brachytherapysingle needle cone puncturesurvivalthoracic malignancy

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