… Several radionuclides with high ( 60 Co, 75 Se) and … as alternatives to 192 Ir for high-dose-rate
brachytherapy. The … five high- to intermediate-energy sources in prostate and head & …

… 47 patients with prostate cancer being used … high-energy sources in prostate and head and
neck brachytherapy. The authors concluded that D w,w underestimated the dose to the bones…

… dose distributions for breast, gynecologic, head and neck, rectum, and prostate cancers as
… For this energy range, which includes low and intermediate energy photon-emitting sources …

… organ doses and cellular doses. The Medical Internal Radiation … well as circulating radioactivity
perfusing the bone marrow. … AEs may also cause cell membrane damage leading to cell …

… boost for intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer [9]. This … its steep dose fall-off with
increasing distance from the source. … to LDR-BT has increased in part due to its ability to closely …

… with an epithermal and intermediate energy tail followed by … Figure 4a,b shows seven PN
dose equivalent/Gy X-ray dose (… , thorax, thyroid and head for a prostate cancer treatment. It …

… with distance from the source due to strong attenuation in … While the dose distribution from
intermediate energy sources … Several alternative radionuclides for high dose rate (HDR) BT …

… patients with progressive metastatic prostate cancer. So far, [ … of these tracers leads to high
radiation doses in patients and … of 90 Sr in bone can lead to leukemia and bone cancers; this …

… male prostate … due to the presence of nearby vital organs (with bone metastasis close to
the spinal cord or nerves), the external beam radiation cannot reach the dose that kills the bone …

… We selected a clinical prostate cancer case from our institution to be re-simulated … Can
intermediate-energy sources lead to elevated bone doses for prostate and head & neck high-dose…