Published May 2016 | Version v1
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Salvage high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for locally recurrent rectal cancer

Creators

  • 1. A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil). Departamento de Radioterapia

Description

For tumors of the lower third of the rectum, the only safe surgical procedure is abdominal-perineal resection. High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy is a promising treatment for local recurrence of previously irradiated lower rectal cancer, due to the extremely high concentrated dose delivered to the tumor and the sparing of normal tissue, when compared with a course of external beam radiation therapy. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://www.rb.org.br/audiencia_pdf.asp?aid2=2735&nomeArquivo=v49n3a12.pdf; http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rb/v49n3/0100-3984-rb-49-03-0196.pdf

Additional details

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URL
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rb/v49n3/0100-3984-rb-49-03-0196.pdf; http://www.rb.org.br/audiencia_pdf.asp?aid2=2735&nomeArquivo=v49n3a12.pdf;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiologia Brasileira
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 196-198
ISSN
0100-3984
CODEN
RDBRAS

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
47086023
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATES; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; RADIATION SOURCE IMPLANTS; RECTUM; SURGERY; SURVIVAL CURVES
Descriptors DEC
BODY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMPLANTS; INTESTINES; IRRADIATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPY