title: Flap reconstruction and interstitial brachytherapy in nonextremity soft tissue sarcoma.
abstract: Radiotherapy is an integral component of management of high-grade soft tissue sarcomas. Interstitial brachytherapy is used to deliver a boost or radical dose with several advantages over external beam radiotherapy. There has always been a concern to use brachytherapy with flap reconstruction of skin defects after wide excision. We preset our initial experience with interstitial brachytherapy in two patients of recurrent high-grade non-extremity sarcomas treated with surgical excision and soft tissue reconstruction of surgical defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna-801 505, Bihar, India. vineetagoel@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Vineeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sulabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhamre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D012540:Scapula; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome