Successful interstitial treatment for bilateral tongue cancer.
We report three cases of bilateral tongue cancer who received interstitial brachytherapy successively for each tumour. Tumour control following treatment are as good as that for unilateral tongue cancer and there have been no severe complications in, or around, the tumour area after using a mandibular protective spacer and dose reduction for the second treatment.
Yoshimura
R
R
Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Shibuya
H
H
Hoshina
M
M
Akaike
H
H
Takeda
M
M
Fukuda
H
H
Hoshi
A
A
Miura
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014059:Tongue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*
D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes