Brachytherapy
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 163-169, March 2011

A novel ytterbium-169 brachytherapy source and delivery system for use in conjunction with minimally invasive wedge resection of early-stage lung cancer

Presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Brachytherapy Society, May 31–June 2, Toronto, Canada.

  • Kara Lynne Leonard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, P.O. Box 359, Boston, MA 02111. Tel.: +1-617-636-6175; fax: +1-617-636-6131.
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  • Thomas A. DiPetrillo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
    • ,
  • John J. Munro

      Affiliations

    • Source Production & Equipment Co., Inc (SPEC), St Rose, LA
    • ,
  • David E. Wazer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI

Received 30 November 2009; received in revised form 26 May 2010; accepted 2 June 2010. published online 13 August 2010.

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 Financial disclosures: Kara L. Leonard, MD, has no disclosures. David E. Wazer, MD, and Thomas A. DiPetrillo, MD, are consultants to Source Production & Equipment Co., Inc (SPEC). John J. Munro III, PhD, is employed by SPEC.

PII: S1538-4721(10)00251-5

doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2010.06.006

Brachytherapy
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 163-169, March 2011

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