title: Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy.
abstract: Balloon-based brachytherapy was developed to render accelerated partial-breast irradiation more accessible to breast cancer patients. Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy (eBX) is a novel method of accelerated partial-breast irradiation that utilizes an electronic source to produce x-rays. eBX does not require a high dose rate afterloader unit or a shielded vault and, thus, may appeal to a larger number of patients undergoing the accelerated partial-breast irradiation procedure. eBX is associated with a lower radiation dose to normal tissues and larger 'hot spots' than treatment with the MammoSite device. Additional applications are also being developed for eBX, including endometrial cancer treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Little Company of Mary Hospital, 2800 West 95th Street, Evergreen Park, IL 60805, USA. atd22_99@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dickler
authors.forename: Kambiz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dowlatshahi
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans