Intraoperative treatment planning for radioactive seed implant therapy for prostate cancer.
We describe a procedure for intraoperative treatment planning for seed implantation. One hundred seven treatment plans have been analyzed at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and affiliated hospitals. The average time for the intraoperative procedure was 1. 74 hours. No significant difference in dose coverage to the prostate or normal tissues was evident.
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Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Holupka
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Meskell
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Soon
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Saltzman
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Church
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Kearney
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D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009873:Operating Rooms; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes