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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2023

Interstitial brachytherapy for internal mammary node in breast cancer: A case report.

Subhas Pandit, Simit Sapkota, Sundar Suwal, Abish Adhikari, Prakriti Karki, Anjani Kumar Jha

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2023. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Subhas PanditDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Kathmandu Cancer Center, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Simit SapkotaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Kathmandu Cancer Center, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Sundar SuwalDepartment of Radiology and Imaging, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal.
Abish AdhikariDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Kathmandu Cancer Center, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Prakriti KarkiDepartment of Research, Kathmandu Cancer Center, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Anjani Kumar JhaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Kathmandu Cancer Center, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital · NPKathmandu Cancer CenterTribhuvan University Teaching Hospital · NP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case study reports the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of interstitial brachytherapy for internal mammary nodal recurrence in a 68-year-old woman with triple-negative breast cancer. The patient had previously undergone mastectomy followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However, an internal mammary node was discovered during a routine follow-up a year later, which was confirmed as metastatic carcinoma by fine needle aspiration, with no other metastatic lesions. The patient underwent interstitial brachytherapy under ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) guidance, with a prescribed dose of 20 Gray in one fraction. Follow-up CT scan imaging over a 2-year period of treatment showed a complete resolution of internal mammary node. Therefore, brachytherapy may be considered a potential treatment option for cases of isolated internal mammary node recurrence in breast cancer.

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breast cancercomputed tomography scan guideinternal mammaryinterstitial brachytherapy

Identifiers

PMID37425203
PMCPMC10324595
OpenAlexW4382723089

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