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Brachytherapy Applications and Techniques Phillip M. Devlin
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

In the last section, Novel Strategy and Applications, Ruge et al present a very interesting review with their clinical practices of Stereotactic Brachytherapy for Brain Tumors using Iodine-125 seed. Brachytherapy: The word 'Brachy' means 'close distance' in Greek. Also known as internal radiotherapy. In the standard treated patients, EBRT-CT was followed by one or two intracavitary Cesium (low-dose rate) applications within 2 weeks of finishing external radiation to reach a point A dose of at least 85 Gy. Elaborate a comprehensive review from principle and techniques of Iodine-125 production at nuclear reactor plant to their clinical practive in prostate cancer treatment. Things have come a long way in the 100 years since these first experiments: we now have much more "user-friendly" isotopes, imaging techniques to guide treatment with precision, and computer programs to plan the exact location, dosage and length of radiation treatment. France was also where Marie and Pierre Curie discovered the radioactive isotope Radium, and where the first clinical applications of Radium to treat cancer occurred. Patients were treated with the conventional 4-field box technique. This is a form of Radiotherapy, where radioactive substance is in very close proximity to the tumor, hence reducing the risk of involving other health tissues around. The planned total dose to point A was 85 Gy. In this non-randomized comparison EBRT-CT protocol was the same in both groups of 40 patients. Involves placing a 'short-range It is completed in lesser time than other RT techniques. Hence, it reduces the survival of cancer cells. The application of an interstitial implantation brachytherapy technique that uses 3D treatment plan system (PLATO BPS 14.2) was evaluated for the treatment of stage T2b NPC patients. Applications within 2 weeks of finishing external radiation. Brachytherapy : characteristics and application.