Progress of clinical brachytherapy application
- VernacularTitle:近距离放射治疗的临床应用进展
- Author:
Jianji PAN
;
Junxin WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
malignant tumor;
prostate cancer;
breast cancer;
brachytherapy
- From:
China Oncology
2000;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Brachytherapy was the earliest technique of radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer and still is an important part of modern radiation oncology.It has been widely used as one of the modalities for gynecological cancer as well as head and neck cancer.In recent years,radioactive seed implantation has been proved to be one of the standard treatments for early stage prostate cancer,and brachytherapy alone is emerging as the major treatment for early stage breast cancer after lumpectomy.This article reviewed the current status of brachytherapy in clinical application as reported during the 2005' annual ASTRO meeting and its prospected for future development.
