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2008 World Congress of Brachytherapy Meeting Program pages 61-71 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (103 KB)
Listing of Plenary, Oral and Poster Presentations of the 2008 World Congress of Brachytherapy Co-sponsored by the American Brachytherapy Society and GEC-ESTRO: with ABG, ALATRO, AROI-IBS, CBG-CARO, and JASTRO pages 72-90 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (250 KB)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy-observed metabolic activity in prostate during PSA bounce following Iodine-125 brachytherapy Andrei Damyanovich, Anna Kirilova, Juanita M. Crook page 91 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Health-related quality of life two years after treatment in patients with localized prostate cancer Ferran Guedea, Montserrat Ferrer, Jose Francisco Suarez, Pablo Fernandez, Victor Macias, Alfonso Marino, Asuncion Hervas, Ismael Herruzo, Maria Jose Ortiz, Ferran Aguilo, Javier Ponce de Leon, Gemma Sancho page 91 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Hungarian experience on partial breast irradiation versus whole breast irradiation: 12-year results of a phase II trial and updated results of a randomized study Csaba Polgar, Tibor Major, Katalin Lovey, Georgina Frohlich, Zoltan Takacsi-Nagy, Janos Fodor pages 91-92 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (83 KB)
Interfraction 3-dimensional variation in position of bladder and rectal hotspots during image-based HDR brachytherapy of the cervix: Are we overestimating the dose to the organs at risk? Faisal S. Vali, Mingcheng Gao, Alexander Chi, James Sinacore, Kevin Albuquerque page 92 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
5-year results using HDR monotherapy for patients with favorable prostate cancer Alvaro A. Martinez, D. Jeffrey Demanes, Michel Ghilezan, Lionel Schour, Christine Mitchell, Gary S. Gustafson page 92 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
High-dose-rate brachytherapy as monotherapy for favorable-risk prostate cancer. Improved toxicity profile with real-time transrectal ultrasound 3D vs 2D treatment planning and dosimetry Michel Ghilezan, Gary S. Gustafson, Peter Chen Dan Krauss, Evelyn Sebastian, Leonard Kim, Greg Edmundson, Christine Mitchell, Michelle Wallace, Amy Limbacher, Alvaro A. Martinez pages 92-93 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
Interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy + IMRT vs. HDR monotherapy for early stage prostate cancer Rufus J. Mark, Paul J. Anderson, Robin S. Akins, Murali Nair page 93 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (49 KB)
Improved 10-year outcomes for prostate cancer patients with Gleason 7-10 treated with high-dose-rate brachytherapy boost in the PSA era Todd A. Swanson, Alvaro A. Martinez, Razvan Galalae, D. Jeffrey Demanes, Lionel Schour, Nils Nuernberg, Michel Ghilezan, Gary S. Gustafson page 93 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (49 KB)
Clinical outcome in 1000 patients with localized prostate cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy and high-dose-rate 192-Iridium brachytherapy boost: A single institution experience Enrique Castellanos, Gabriella Cohn-Cedermark, Anders Ullen, Katinka Sandberg, Marianne Ryberg, Marie Hjelm-Eriksson, Marie Lundell, Goran Lundell, Seymour Levitt, Magnus Hellstrom, Karl Mikael Kalkner pages 93-94 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
Five-year biochemical and clinical outcomes for high-dose-rate and low-dose-rate brachytherapy in the setting of favorable risk prostate cancer Samuel McGrath, Alvaro A. Martinez, D. Jeffrey Demanes, Michel Ghilezan, Lionel Schour, Christine Mitchell, J. Vito Antonucci, Gary S. Gustafson page 94 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
Displacements and resulting dose effects of tandem ovoid applicators during PDR brachytherapy for cervical cancer Astrid A.C. De Leeuw, Heidi T. Lotz, Marinus A. Moerland, Robert H.A. Tersteeg, Ina M. Jurgenliemk-Schulz pages 94-95 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (65 KB)
Tumor spread and pattern of regression of cervix cancer on repetitive MRI. Basis for adaptive brachytherapy Johannes Dimopoulos, Veronika Bauer, Primoz Petric, Daniel Berger, Veronika Woehs, Stefan Lang, Christian Kirisits, Richard Poetter page 95 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
Spatial relationship of the 3D dose distribution from brachytherapy and external beam therapy for adding both dose plans in patients with cervix cancer Georgina Frohlich, Stefan Lang, Daniel Berger, Johannes Dimopoulos, Dietmar Georg, Richard Poetter, Christian Kirisits page 95 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
Impact of the rectosigmoid junction location on dose assessment for rectum and sigmoid in MRI-based cervix cancer brachytherapy Stefan Lang, Petra Trnkova, Christian Kirisits, Johannes Dimopoulos, Dietmar Georg, Richard Poetter pages 95-96 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (64 KB)
Preliminary results of a prospective multicentric French study of PDR 3D brachytherapy for cervix carcinoma Christine Brunaud, Christine Haie-Meder, Didier Peiffert, STIC PDR Group page 96 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
Correlation of Point B and lymph node dose in 3D-planned high-dose-rate cervical cancer brachytherapy Larissa Lee, Cheryl Sadow, Anthony Russell, Akila Viswanathan page 96 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
Computed tomography-based dose-volume parameters of the rectum and late rectal complications in patients with cervical carcinoma treated by high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy Shingo Kato, Hiroki Kiyohara, Tomoaki Tamaki, Tatsuya Ohno, Hirohiko Tsujii pages 96-97 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Using a customized midline block defined by HDR brachytherapy imaging versus a standard midline block to compare bladder and rectum dose-volume histograms for parametrial boosts in advanced cervical carcinoma Keyur J. Mehta, Shalin Shah, Ravindra Yaparpalvi, Shalom Kalnicki, Subhakar Mutyala page 97 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
Single vs customized treatment planning for multifraction intracavitary HDR brachytherapy for cervical cancer: Do we need to take the extra step? Alexander Chi, Mingcheng Gao, Faisal Vali, Kevin Albuquerque page 97 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
Exploration of the optimal dwell positions in intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical cancer Aisha Hunte, J. Adam M. Cunha, Jean Pouliot, I.-Chow Hsu pages 97-98 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Image-guided HDR intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy for locally advanced cervix cancer – correlation of late toxicity with DVH data and 3-year outcome analysis Subrata Saha, Aparna Gangopadhyay, Aloke Ghoshdastidar, Koushik Ghosh, Avijit Basu page 98 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
A comparison of biochemical relapse-free survival in patients with high-risk prostate cancer treated with permanent seed implant monotherapy, radical prostatectomy, or external beam radiotherapy Shlomo A. Koyfman, Chandana A. Reddy, Kenneth W. Angermeier, James Ulchaker, Nabil Chehade, Andrew Altman, Eric A. Klein, Jay P. Ciezki page 98 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
Dosimetric predictors for erectile dysfunction in men with prostate cancer treated with permanent interstitial implantation Zumre Arican Alicikus, Michael J. Zelefsky, Yoshiya Yamada, Zhigang Zhang, John Mulhall pages 98-99 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
LDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer: An analysis of outcomes for the first 1006 consecutive patients treated at the BC Cancer Agency William J. Morris, Mira R. Keyes, David Palma, Ingrid Spadinger, Alexander Agranovich, Tom Pickles, Mitchell Liu, Winkle B. Kwan, Jonn S. Wu, Vincent Lapointe, Eric Berthelet, Howard Pai, Robert Harrison, William Kwa, Joseph Bucci, Violet Racz page 99 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
A virtual fluoroscopy system for seed placement verification Vikren Sarkar, Alonso N. Gutierrez, Sotirios Stathakis, Gregory P. Swanson, Nikos Papanikolaou page 99 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
Prostogram-predicted brachytherapy outcomes may not be universally accurate: An analysis based on The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center experience with I-125 brachytherapy Steven J. Frank, David A. Swanson, Deborah A. Kuban, Andrew K. Lee, Lawrence B. Levy pages 99-100 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Recommendations for permanent prostate brachytherapy with 131Cs: A consensus report from the Cesium Advisory Group William S. Bice, Bradley R. Prestidge, Steven M. Kurtzman, Sushil Beriwal, Brian J. Moran, Rakesh R. Patel, Mark J. Rivard page 100 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
An MRI scanner compatible implant robot for prostate brachytherapy Marinus A. Moerland, Michiel R. Van den Bosch, Vera Lagerburg, Jan J. Battermann, Marco Van Vulpen, Jan J.W. Lagendijk page 100 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
Robotic system for image-guided prostate seed implant Tarun Podder, Ivan Buzurovic, Kaiguo Yan, Yida Hu, Richard Valicenti, Adam Dicker, Deborah Rubens, Edward Messing, Wan-Sing Ng, Yan Yu pages 100-101 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (61 KB)
Feasibility and preliminary experiences of choline-PET/CT imaging for salvage HDR brachytherapy for local recurrences of previous irradiated prostate cancer Peter Niehoff, Niels Nurnberg, Frank-Andre Siebert, Hagen Bertermann, Bernhard N. Kimmig page 101 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
A novel MRI-based approach to prostate brachytherapy Steven J. Frank, R. Jason Stafford, James A. Bankson, Chun Li, David A. Swanson, Rajat J. Kudchadker, Karen Martirosyan pages 101-102 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Registered ultrasound and fluoroscopy for intraoperative dynamic dosimetry in prostate brachytherapy Danny Y. Song, Anton Deguet, Iulian Iordachita, Elwood Armour, Ameet Jain, Everette C. Burdette, Gabor Fichtinger page 102 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
External beam radiotherapy and interstitial brachytherapy, with or without chemotherapy in the conservative treatment of anal canal carcinoma Shyam Kishore Shrivastava, Reena Engineer, Umesh Mahantshetty, Ritu Bhutani, Suman Mallick, Pramod K. Sharma, Ketayun A. Dinshaw page 102 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
Long-term results of function preservation by transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided fractionated HDR brachytherapy boost complementary to external beam radiation ± chemotherapy in anal cancer Gyoergy Kovacs, Marek J. Doniec, Bodo Schniewind, Matthias Loehnert, Peter Niehoff, Peter Kohr, Bernd Kremer pages 102-103 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (65 KB)
The use of high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy as a boost in inoperable patients with locally advanced rectal tumors Te Vuong, Sergio Faria, Kevin Waschke, Sender Liberman, Barry Stein, Patrick Charlebois, Slobodan Devic page 103 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
Neoadjuvant high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy leads to a high sphincter preservation rate in patients with low rectal cancer Te Vuong, Sender Liberman, Carole Richard, Sergio Faria, Kevin Waschke, Barry Stein, Rasmy Loungnarath, Patrick Charlebois, Ramsef Wassef, Slobodan Devic page 103 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
Visual acuity preservation by interdisciplinary approach and perioperative intensity modulated interstitial brachytherapy in intraorbital sarcomas of the child Gyoergy Kovacs, Steffen Maune, Reiner J. Strege, Detlef Holland, Anton Dunsche pages 103-104 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Impact of prescription dose, dose rate, plaque size, and source loading using Pd-103, I-125, and Cs-131: a modern assessment of eye plaque dosimetry Mark J. Rivard, Christopher S. Melhus, Shirin Sioshansi, Jody B. Morr page 104 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
Five-year results for accelerated partial breast irradiation using MammoSite® balloon brachytherapy: The first 100 patients Jarrod Adkison, Rakesh Patel, Sushil Beriwal, Coral A. Quiet, Robert R. Kuske page 104 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
American Society of Breast Surgeons MammoSite® Registry: Ductal carcinoma in-situ subset – three-year data in 194 cancers Martin Keisch, Frank A. Vicini, Peter J. Beitsch, Coral A. Quiet, Angela Keleher, Marie A. Gittleman, Henry M. Kuerer, Bruce Haffty pages 104-105 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Predictors of cosmesis in women enrolled on the American Society Of Breast Surgeons MammoSite® Registry Trial Atif J. Khan, Frank A. Vicini, Peter J. Beitsch, Bruce Haffty, Coral A. Quiet, Angela J. Keleher, Delia M. Garcia, H. Snider, Mark A. Gittleman, Victor J. Zannis, Henry M. Kuerer, Eric Whitacre, Pat W. Whitworth, Richard E. Fine page 105 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (48 KB)
Local control, toxicity and cosmesis in women younger than 50 enrolled on the american society of breast surgeons mammosite® RTS registry trial Atif J. Khan, Frank A. Vicini, Peter J. Beitsch, Bruce Haffty, Coral A. Quiet, Angela J. Keleher, Delia M. Garcia, H. Snider, Mark A. Gittleman, Victor J. Zannis, Henry M. Kuerer, Eric Whitacre, Pat W. Whitworth, Richard E. Fine page 105 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (48 KB)
Skin and chest wall dose with multi-catheter and MammoSite® breast brachytherapy: Implications for late toxicity Laurie Cuttino, Priya Mitra, Mihaela Rosu, Dorin Todor, Douglas Arthur pages 105-106 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (66 KB)
Consequence of varying target coverage and dose heterogeneity in accelerated partial breast irradiation brachytherapy modalities on tumor control probability Michael C. Kirk, Alan B. Coon, Lan Jiang, Damian Bernard, James C.H. Chu page 106 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
Depth dose modulation (ddm) for electronic brachytherapy Jessica R. Hiatt, Jaroslaw T. Hepel, Gene A. Cardarelli, Mark Carol, Edward S. Sternick, David E. Wazer pages 106-107 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Characterization of a novel miniature electronic brachytherapy source Frank Verhaegen, Derek Liu, Magdalena Bazalova, Emily Poon, Thomas Rusch, Brigitte Reniers page 107 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
Skin dose measurement for a high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment: A phantom study using radiochromic film dosimetry Sou-Tung Chiu-Tsao, Joseph Hanley, John J. Napoli page 107 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
Comparison of scatter doses to the heart, lung, spleen and contralateral breast for whole and partial breast irradiation techniques Jean-Philippe Pignol pages 107-108 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (60 KB)
Theoretical and benchtop study of a novel means of skin sparing by sculpting dose with the Xoft Axxent source Steve Axelrod page 108 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
Are we hitting the target and if not, can we safely alter the pear? Tracy Kelly, Jason Rownd, Beth Erickson page 108 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
Outcomes following surgery and adjuvant radiation in stage II endometrial adenocarcinoma George M. Cannon, Theron C. Casper, Soren M. Bentzen, Kristin A. Bradley pages 108-109 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy alone for high-risk localized endometrial cancer as defined by PORTEC, GOG 99, and Aalders Susan A. McCloskey, Nana E. Tchabo, Anurag K. Singh, Kunle Odunsi, Kerry Rodabaugh, Shashikant Lele, Wainwright Jaggernauth page 109 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
Uncertainties in assessing sigmoid dose volume parameters in MRI-guided fractionated HDR brachytherapy Alina E. Sturdza, Daniel Berger, Stefan Lang, Johannes Dimopoulos, Gillian Thomas, Petra Georg, Christian Kirisits, Richard Poetter page 109 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
3D T2-weighted fast recovery fast spin echo sequence MRI for target contouring in cervix cancer brachytherapy Primoz Petric, Robert Hudej, Peter Rogelj, Helena Barbara Zobec Logar pages 109-110 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (66 KB)
3D Image-guided gynecologic brachytherapy: Practice patterns in the United States Akila N. Viswanathan, Beth A. Erickson page 110 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
3D-planning in HDR brachytherapy of cervical cancer. Analysis of dose volume histograms and clinical correlations Alessandro Colombo, Cristina Frigerio, Luigi Palmieri, Alessandra Vola, Renata Guzzetti, Carlo P. Soatti, Franco M. Placa, Simona Sacco, Ivana Butti, Francesco Bonsignore, Tiziana Rancati, Fausto Declich page 110 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy and lumpectomy as a second conservative treatment for local recurrences of breast cancer Marjory Jolicoeur, Sandrine David, Pierre Delvecchio, Pierre Rousseau, Maryse Mondat pages 110-111 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy for early stage breast cancer: A report of 162 cases using multi-catheter technique Rufus J. Mark, Paul J. Anderson, Robin S. Akins, Murali Nair page 111 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
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