title: MammoSite radiation therapy system.
abstract: The MammoSite Radiation Therapy System (RTS) has become the most widely used brachytherapy method used in the treatment of breast cancer, due to its ease of use, short learning curve, and requirement of only one interstitial path through the breast skin. The dosimetry is simple, one source position in the middle of the MammoSite balloon catheter. The data on long-term complications, however are not available, though developing. Trials for DCIS are being developed, as well as a comparison trial to standard external beam radiation as well as other forms of accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. ostreeter@mac.com
authors.forename: Oscar E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Streeter
authors.forename: Frank A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Vicini
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keisch
authors.forename: Melvin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Astrahan
authors.forename: Gabor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jozsef
authors.forename: Melvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silverstein
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Silberman
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Kristin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage