title: Treatment of brain tumors with iridium-192 seeds.
abstract: Interstitial radiation therapy of brain tumors requires positioning of the radioactive sources with good precision in order to achieve a sufficient dose in the tumor without too much damage to surrounding tissues. A method for application of 192Ir seeds in brain tumors is described and preliminary results in seven patients reported. The method, which uses CT-guided stereotactic localization and computerized dose planning, is at present fairly complicated. The preliminary results are promising and no serious complications have so far been observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kogure
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes