title: Paediatric brachytherapy. II. Brain implantation.
abstract: The case histories of four children with brain tumours, for whom stereotactic brachytherapy was indicated, are presented from the St Bartholomew's Hospital intracranial brachytherapy programme. The recent evolution of the computed-tomography-directed stereotactic technique is described and the uses of different radionuclides (198Au, 192Ir) are discussed. The future of brachytherapy for paediatric brain tumours is debated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Physics, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Afshar
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Plowman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006050:Gold Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D006050:Gold Radioisotopes; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes