Comparative analysis of 60Co and 192Ir sources in high dose rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer

A Wen, X Wang, B Wang, C Yan, J Luo, P Wang, J Li - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy (BT) is an effective treatment for
bulky, middle, and advanced cervical cancer. Both 192Ir and 60Co are radiation sources …

Radiobiological and dosimetric comparison of 60Co versus 192Ir high-dose-rate intracavitary-interstitial brachytherapy for cervical cancer

A Wen, X Wang, B Wang, C Yan, J Luo, P Wang, J Li - Radiation Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Background High-dose-rate (HDR) intracavitary-interstitial brachytherapy (IC-ISBT) is an
effective treatment for bulky, middle, and advanced cervical cancer. In this study, we …

Comparing Iridium-192 with Cobalt-60 sources in high-dose-rate brachytherapy boost for localized prostate cancer

J Tamihardja, S Weick, P Lutyj, M Zimmermann… - Acta …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Dosimetric and clinical comparison of two cohorts of Iridium-192 (Ir-192) and
Cobalt-60 (Co-60) high-dose-rate brachytherapy (DR-BT) boost for localized prostate …