RADIOACTIVE IMPLANT MIGRATION IN PATIENTS TREATED FOR LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER WITH INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY

Autor:	Robert A. Older, David J. Glembocki, Tracey L. Krupski, Bernard Synder, Jay Y. Gillenwater
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Thorax medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Urology medicine.medical_treatment Radiography Ultrasound Brachytherapy medicine.disease Surgery Prostate cancer medicine.anatomical_structure Prostate medicine Radiology Implant Complication business
Zdroj:	Journal of Urology. 165:1590-1592
ISSN:	1527-3792 0022-5347
DOI:	10.1016/s0022-5347(05)66354-9
Popis:	Purpose: In several of the initial patients undergoing brachytherapy at our institution radioactive implants were visible in the thorax on chest radiography. The clinical ramifications of this unanticipated finding were unclear. Thus, we investigated the incidence of brachytherapy seed migration to the chest and whether these seeds were associated with any clinical significance.Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of all patients who underwent ultrasound or computerized tomography guided brachytherapy of 103palladium seeds from March 1997 to March 1999. This list of patients on brachytherapy was then matched against the radiology computer system to determine those who had undergone chest X-ray after brachytherapy. When the radiology report was unclear regarding brachytherapy seeds, chest x-rays were reviewed by one of us (R. O.) to determine the presence and position of the seeds.Results: Post-brachytherapy chest x-rays were available in 110 of the 183 patients. In 78 cases no br...
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