Combined teletherapy and intracavitary brachytherapy boost for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
| Autor: | C. Papavasiliou, G. Plataniotis, Panagiotis Sandilos, C. Dardoufas, John Kouvaris, A. Damatopoulou, L. J. Vlahos |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Time Factors Brachytherapy External beam radiation Intracavitary irradiation Disease-Free Survival Actuarial survival Radiotherapy High-Energy medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cobalt Radioisotopes business.industry Intracavitary brachytherapy Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms Radiotherapy Dosage Hematology Middle Aged medicine.disease Survival Rate Oncology Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Cesium Radioisotopes Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female Radioisotope Teletherapy Dose rate business Nuclear medicine Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Radiotherapy and Oncology. 38:263-267 |
| ISSN: | 0167-8140 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0167-8140(95)01701-1 |
| Popis: | For the non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, external beam radiation therapy (median dose 64 Gy) and a boost of intracavitary irradiation (ICRT) has been given. Caesium-137 pellets of 40 mCi were used at a dose rate of 3–3.5 Gy/h, 1 cm from the sources. The median dose was 8.5 Gy. Overall 5-year actuarial survival for the 48 studied patients was 60.4% and LRFS was 64%. The procedure was well tolerated by our patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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