Retrograde Migration of an Au-198 Grain to the Submandibular Gland Post Brachytherapy Treatment of Floor of Mouth Cancer

At our institution, radiation oncologists routinely treat early-stage oral cancer with low-dose-rate brachytherapy (LDR-BRT) using Au-198 grains. In this report, we show a unique case of a patient with a gold grain located within the submandibular gland, found incidentally during follow-up after LDR...

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Autores principales: Nojima, Hitomi, Kaida, Atsushi, Kuroshima, Takeshi, Yoshimura, Ryo-ichi, Miura, Masahiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Radiation Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579276
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31904

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579276
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31904

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