New framework defines core competencies for contemporary brain brachytherapy
The framework emphasizes multidisciplinary selection, source geometry, imaging, postimplant dosimetry, QA and radiation safety for modern intracranial Cs-131 brachytherapy.
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Treatment satisfaction remained 85% at ten years after prostate LDR brachytherapy
At ten years after prostate LDR brachytherapy, 85% of respondents remained satisfied, while bowel quality of life remained independently associated with satisfaction.
Iodine-125 brachytherapy achieved short-term control in previously irradiated cervical nodal metastases
Iodine-125 seed implantation produced 90% three-month disease control, but median local progression-free survival was nine months.
Higher-dose iodine-125 brachytherapy was associated with longer survival in recurrent glioblastoma
Iodine-125 doses of 140–160 grays were associated with longer median survival than 120–140 grays in recurrent glioblastoma.