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Boost in radiotherapy: external beam sunset, brachytherapy sunrise

Radiobiological limitations for dose escalation in external radiotherapy are presented. Biological and clinical concept of brachytherapy boost to increase treatment efficacy is discussed, and different methods are compared. Oncentra Prostate 3D conformal real-time ultrasound-guided brachytherapy is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Maciejewski, Boguslaw
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27799947
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Sumario:Radiobiological limitations for dose escalation in external radiotherapy are presented. Biological and clinical concept of brachytherapy boost to increase treatment efficacy is discussed, and different methods are compared. Oncentra Prostate 3D conformal real-time ultrasound-guided brachytherapy is presented as a solution for boost or sole therapy.