Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 373-378 , October 2009

A Contura catheter offers dosimetric advantages over a MammoSite catheter that increase the applicability of accelerated partial breast irradiation

Received 24 March 2009 ,Revised 17 April 2009 ,Accepted 30 April 2009.

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 Reprint requests to: Diane Oshiro, Cancer Center of Irvine, 16100 Sand Canyon Avenue, Suite 130, Irvine, CA 92618. Tel.: 949-417-1100; fax: 949-417-1165. E-mail: doshiro@ccoi.org.

 Presented at the 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 10–14, 2008, San Antonio, TX.

 Financial support: Dr. Wilder has a grant from SenoRx, Inc. (Aliso Viejo, CA) to conduct clinical research involving the Contura catheter.

PII: S1538-4721(09)00265-7

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.04.002

Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 373-378 , October 2009