Combined brachytherapy with external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: Reduced morbidity with an intraoperative brachytherapy planning technique and supplemental intensity-modulated radiation therapy


Zelefsky M. J., Nedelka M. A., Arican Z., Yamada Y., Cohen G. N., Shippy A. M., ...More

BRACHYTHERAPY, vol.7, no.1, pp.1-6, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.12.002
  • Journal Name: BRACHYTHERAPY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-6
  • Keywords: brachytherapy, prostate cancer, radiation therapy, IMRT, toxicity, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL, GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY, CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY, URINARY MORBIDITY, 78 GY, IMPLANTATION
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

PURPOSE: To report the acute and late treatment-related toxicities of combined permanent interstitial I-125 implantation delivered via real-time intraoperative planning and supplemental intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer.