The evolution of brachytherapy for prostate cancer

NG Zaorsky, BJ Davis, PL Nguyen… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Brachytherapy (BT), using low-dose-rate (LDR) permanent seed implantation or
high-dose-rate (HDR) temporary source implantation, is an acceptable treatment option for …

Brachytherapy for prostate cancer: a systematic review

G Koukourakis, N Kelekis, V Armonis… - Advances in …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐dose rate brachytherapy has become a mainstream treatment option for men
diagnosed with prostate cancer because of excellent long‐term treatment outcomes in low …

Brachytherapy: current status and future strategies—can high dose rate replace low dose rate and external beam radiotherapy?

GC Morton, PJ Hoskin - Clinical Oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Brachytherapy delivers the most conformal high dose radiotherapy possible to the prostate,
using either a low dose rate (LDR) or high dose rate (HDR) technique. It may be used either …

Low-dose-rate or high-dose-rate brachytherapy in treatment of prostate cancer–between options

J Skowronek - Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2013 - termedia.pl
Purpose: Permanent low-dose-rate (LDR-BT) and temporary high-dose-rate (HDR-BT)
brachytherapy are competitive techniques for clinically localized prostate radiotherapy …

High-dose-rate brachytherapy boost for prostate cancer: rationale and technique

GC Morton - Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2014 - termedia.pl
Purpose Patients diagnosed with localized prostate cancer face a myriad of established
treatment options including active surveillance, radical prostatectomy, external beam …

High dose rate brachytherapy boost for prostate cancer: a systematic review

NG Zaorsky, LA Doyle, K Yamoah, JA Andrel… - Cancer treatment …, 2014 - Elsevier
Studies of dose-escalated external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and low dose rate
brachytherapy (LDR-BT) have shown excellent rates of tumor control and cancer specific …

High-dose-rate brachytherapy as monotherapy delivered in two fractions within one day for favorable/intermediate-risk prostate cancer: preliminary toxicity data

M Ghilezan, A Martinez, G Gustason, D Krauss… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To report the toxicity profile of high-dose-rate (HDR)-brachytherapy (BT) as
monotherapy in a Human Investigation Committee-approved study consisting of a single …

The role of brachytherapy in the definitive management of prostate cancer

J Crook - Cancer/Radiothérapie, 2011 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, brachytherapy has played an ever expanding role in the
definitive radiotherapy of prostate cancer. Brachytherapy surpasses external beam …

American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy

Y Yamada, L Rogers, DJ Demanes, G Morton… - Brachytherapy, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: A well-established body of literature supports the use of high-dose-rate (HDR)
brachytherapy as definitive treatment for localized prostate cancer. Most of the articles …

High-dose-rate brachytherapy alone given as two or one fraction to patients for locally advanced prostate cancer: acute toxicity

P Hoskin, A Rojas, P Ostler, R Hughes, R Alonzi… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background To evaluate early urinary (GU) and gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events (AEs)
after two or one fraction of high-dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) in advanced prostate …