title: Head and neck tumors: fractionated frameless stereotactic interstitial brachytherapy-initial experience.
abstract: The authors used a frameless stereotactic navigation system, the Vogele-Bale-Hohner head holder, and a targeting device to reproducibly position brachytherapy needles for fractionated interstitial brachytherapy in 12 patients with inoperable cancers of the head and neck. In all cases, deviations of the needle relative to the planned position were within 1-15 mm depending on the location of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. reto.bale@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bale
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Freysinger
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gunkel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vogele
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sztankay
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Auer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eichberger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Auberger
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Scholtz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jaschke
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Thumfart
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lukas
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D011881:Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted; D012074:Remission Induction; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed