The value of brachytherapy in the age of advanced external beam radiotherapy: a review of the literature in terms of dosimetry

Brachytherapy (BT) has long been used for successful treatment of various tumour entities, including prostate, breast and gynaecological cancer. However, particularly due to advances in modern external beam techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), volume modulated arc therapy (VMA...

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Autores principales: Major, Tibor, Fröhlich, Georgina, Ágoston, Péter, Polgár, Csaba, Takácsi-Nagy, Zoltán
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Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8789711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34724086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00066-021-01867-1
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author Major, Tibor
Fröhlich, Georgina
Ágoston, Péter
Polgár, Csaba
Takácsi-Nagy, Zoltán
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Fröhlich, Georgina
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description Brachytherapy (BT) has long been used for successful treatment of various tumour entities, including prostate, breast and gynaecological cancer. However, particularly due to advances in modern external beam techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), volume modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), there are concerns about its future. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this article aims to summarize the role of BT in cancer treatment and highlight its particular dosimetric advantages. The authors conclude that image-guided BT supported by inverse dose planning will successfully compete with high-tech EBRT in the future and continue to serve as a valuable modality for cancer treatment.
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spelling pubmed-87897112022-02-02 The value of brachytherapy in the age of advanced external beam radiotherapy: a review of the literature in terms of dosimetry Major, Tibor Fröhlich, Georgina Ágoston, Péter Polgár, Csaba Takácsi-Nagy, Zoltán Strahlenther Onkol Review Article Brachytherapy (BT) has long been used for successful treatment of various tumour entities, including prostate, breast and gynaecological cancer. However, particularly due to advances in modern external beam techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), volume modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), there are concerns about its future. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this article aims to summarize the role of BT in cancer treatment and highlight its particular dosimetric advantages. The authors conclude that image-guided BT supported by inverse dose planning will successfully compete with high-tech EBRT in the future and continue to serve as a valuable modality for cancer treatment. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-11-01 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8789711/ /pubmed/34724086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00066-021-01867-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Ágoston, Péter
Polgár, Csaba
Takácsi-Nagy, Zoltán
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title The value of brachytherapy in the age of advanced external beam radiotherapy: a review of the literature in terms of dosimetry
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8789711/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00066-021-01867-1
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