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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2022

Overcoming pubic arch interference in prostate brachytherapy using steerable needles.

Martijn de Vries, Sarah L Wilby, Antony L Palmer, Wojciech Polak, Inna O'Hea, Dominic Hodgson, John J van den Dobbelsteen

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martijn de VriesDepartment of BioMechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Sarah L WilbyMedical Physics Department, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Antony L PalmerMedical Physics Department, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Wojciech PolakMedical Physics Department, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Inna O'HeaMedical Physics Department, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Dominic HodgsonUrology Department, Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
John J van den DobbelsteenDepartment of BioMechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust · GBDelft University of Technology · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: A proportion of patients are not directly eligible for prostate brachytherapy (BT) due to pubic arch interference (PAI). Constraints in positioning sources behind the pubic arch due to linear, horizontal needle paths, may hamper effective irradiation of the target volume. This work evaluated the effect of prostate volume (V Material and methods: Twenty-seven patients (V Results: The data showed no clear relation between V Conclusions: The ability to steer along curved paths enables prostate BT in patients with enlarged prostates and PAI, and reduces the change of needing to abandon treatment.

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brachytherapyprostate cancerpubic arch interferencesteerable needle

Identifiers

PMID36478701
PMCPMC9720690
OpenAlexW4311021037

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