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| Brachytherapy |
| Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 85-268 (April-June 2009) |
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American Brachytherapy Society 2009 Annual Meeting Program
pages 85-93
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Listing of Plenary, Oral and Poster Presentations of the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Brachytherapy Society
pages 94-104
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Comparison of tumor control outcomes and toxicity between LDR brachytherapy and high dose IMRT for clinically localized prostate cancer
Michael J. Zelefsky, Yoshiya Yamada, Marisa A. Kollmeier, Gil'ad N. Cohen, Marco Zaider, Brett W. Cox, Xin Pei
page 105
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10-year results of interstitial needle-catheter brachytherapy for accelerated partial breast irradiation: Excellent control rates with minimal toxicities
Peter Y. Chen, John V. Antonucci, Christina Mitchell, Michelle Wallace, Pamela Benitez, Gary Gustafson, Alvaro A. Martinez, Frank Vicini
page 105
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Dose escalation with high-dose 3D-conformal radiotherapy (HD-3D-CRT) or low-dose 3D-conformal radiotherapy plus HDR brachytherapy (LD-3D-CRT+HDR-B) for intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer: Early results of a prospective comparative trial
Benjamin Guix, Jose Maria Bartrina, Jose Ignacio Tello, Josep Sole, Luis Quinzanos, Teresa Maria Lacorte
pages 105-106
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Brachytherapy treatment planning for complex applicators based on the AAPM TG-43 dosimetry algorithm: Case studies and clinical impact
Mark J. Rivard, Christopher S. Melhus, Domingo Granero, Jose Perez-Calatayud, Facundo Ballester
page 106
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Risk factors for axillary failure in patients with early stage breast cancer managed with accelerated partial breast irradiation using the MammoSite® breast brachytherapy catheter
Majd A. Aburabia, Frank A. Vicini, Peter D. Beitsch, Maureen R. Lyden
page 107
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Long-term results of the German-Austrian phase II study – accelerated partial breast irradiation using multicatheter brachytherapy for early breast cancer
Vratislav Strnad, Oliver Ott, Guido Hildebrandt, Richard Pötter, Josef Hammer, Michael Lotter, Rainer Fietkau
page 107
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Accelerated partial breast irradiation using balloon brachytherapy for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: A 5-year experience
Bradley R. Prestidge, Amir Sadeghi, Arthur Rosenthal, Kathryn Safford, Romero Pino, Sylvia Gutierrez-Zubyk
page 107
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Five-year results of accelerated partial breast irradiation for ductal carcinoma in situ treated by interstitial multicatheter high-dose-rate brachytherapy or MammoSite®
Jarrod B. Adkison, Robert R. Kuske, Coral A. Quiet, Sushil Beriwal, Rakesh R. Patel
pages 107-108
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Seroma is an expected consequence and not a complication of MammoSite® brachytherapy
Priti S. Patel, Weisi Yang, Dattatreyudu Nori, Mary K. Hayes
page 108
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Interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy for early stage breast cancer: Median 5-year followup of 192 cases using multicatheter technique
Rufus J. Mark, Paul J. Anderson, Robin S. Akins, Murali Nair
pages 108-109
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Interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy + intensity modulated radiation therapy vs. high-dose-rate monotherapy for early stage prostate cancer: Median 7-year followup in 380 cases
Rufus J. Mark, Paul J. Anderson, Robin S. Akins, Murali Nair
page 109
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Ten-year results in 1577 intermediate/high risk prostate cancer patients treated with external beam radiation therapy and hypofractionated high-dose-rate brachytherapy boost
Alvaro A. Martinez, D. Jeffrey Demanes, Razvan Galalae, Michelle Wallace, Hong Ye
page 109
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One-year results of 125I vs. 131Cs prospective randomized trial on urinary function following prostate brachytherapy
Brian J. Moran, Michelle H. Braccioforte
pages 109-110
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High-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy and supplemental external beam radiotherapy: A comparison of single fraction 15Gy high-dose-rate and hypofractionated external beam to a conventional fractionated regimen
Gerard C. Morton, Andrew Loblaw, Raxa Sankreacha, Liying Zhang, Eric Vigneault, Colvin Springer
page 110
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Whole pelvic radiotherapy in combination with transperineal interstitial brachytherapy: Does coverage of the pelvic lymph nodes improve treatment outcome in high-risk prostate cancer?
Nathan Bittner, Gregory S. Merrick, Kent E. Wallner, Wayne M. Butler, Robert W. Galbreath, Edward Adamovich
pages 110-111
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A Comparison Between LDR and MRI Conformal HDR Brachytherapy of Cervical Cancer: Results, Patterns of Failure and Late Complications
David L. Bernshaw, Sylvia van Dyk, Chrishanthi I. Rajasooriyar, Kailash Narayan, Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan
page 111
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High-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy in locally advanced uterine cervix cancer using three different fractionation schedules: An Indian experience
Sayan Kundu, Swapnendu Basu, Koushik Ghosh, Aloke Ghosh Dastidar
page 111
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Comparison of CT and MRI cervical cancer brachytherapy target and normal tissue volumes
Ramez N. Eskander, Daniel J. Scanderbeg, Cheryl Saenz, Catheryn Yashar
pages 111-112
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MRI-guided high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy in cervical cancers at Tata Memorial Hospital: The initial clinical outcome
Umesh M. Mahantshetty, Jamema V. Swamidas, Nehal R. Khanna, Reena Z. Engineer, Deepak D. Deshpande, Shyamkishore Shrivastava
page 112
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Treatment of locally advanced vaginal cancer with radio-chemotherapy and MRI-guided brachytherapy: Clinical feasibility and first results
Andrea Rottenfusser, Max Schmid, Daniel Berger, Christian Kirisits, Richard Pötter, Johannes Dimopoulos
pages 112-113
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Clinical impact of dose volume adaptation and dose escalation in MRI-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy including the use of combined intracavitary/interstitial techniques for patients with poor response cervical cancer FIGO stage IIB or IIIB
Alina E. Sturdza, Johannes Dimopoulos, Stefan Lang, Christian Kirisits, Richard Pötter
page 113
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Multi-image fusions and their role in inverse planned high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy for dose escalation of dominant intraprostatic lesions defined by combined MRI/MRSI
Jean Pouliot, Adam J.M. Cunha, Galen D. Reed, Suzan M. Noworolski, John Kurhanewicz, I.-Chow J. Hsu
pages 113-114
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A dosimetric comparison of the model 6711 125I source and a new, smaller diameter brachytherapy seed (model 9011) using Monte Carlo methods
Mark J. Rivard
page 114
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Dosimetric effect of interfractional catheter displacement in prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy
Nataliya Kovalchuk, Keith M. Furutani, O. Kenneth MacDonald, Thomas M. Pisansky
pages 114-115
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In vivo dose measurements for high-dose-rate brachytherapy using a new scintillating fiber dosimetry system: A prostate phantom study
Francois Therriault-Proulx, Maxime Villeneuve, Andre-Guy Martin, Luc Gingras, Sam A. Beddar, Luc Beaulieu
page 115
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Inverse-planned image-guided robotic brachytherapy: Preclinical proofs of principle
J. Adam M. Cunha, Jean Pouliot, I.-Chow J. Hsu, Dan Stoianovici, John Kurhanewicz, Galen D. Reed, Mack Roach
pages 115-116
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Image fusion of prostate preplan transrectal ultrasound and post 125I-seed implant ct images to improve consistency and accuracy of post-seed implant quality statistics
Ryan L. Smith, Yen T. Tran, Daniel R. Zwahlen, Bronwyn Matheson, Jeremy L. Millar
page 116
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Partial breast irradiation and cardiac dose
Rashmi Benda, Carlos Vargas, Michael Kasper, Zoubir Ouhib, Regina Girouard
page 116
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Initial clinical experience with a single entry multichannel brachytherapy device, SAVI, for accelerated partial breast irradiation
Catheryn M. Yashar, Patrick Barna, Sarah Blair, Anne Wallace, Daniel J. Scanderbeg
pages 116-117
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A dosimetric comparison of AccuBoost® noninvasive partial breast brachytherapy to electron beam tumor bed boost and 3-D conformal accelerated partial breast irradiation
Shirin Sioshansi, Jessica R. Hiatt, Mark J. Rivard, Amanda A. Hurley, Yoojin Lee, Jaroslaw T. Hepel, Gene A. Cardarelli, Sean O'Leary, David E. Wazer
page 117
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Initial dosimetric experience: Contura™ Multilumen Balloon Registry Trial
Douglas W. Arthur, Dorin Todor, Frank A. Vicini, Thomas B. Julian
pages 117-118
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A comparison of skin and chest wall dose delivered with multicatheter, Contura™ Multilumen Balloon, and MammoSite® breast brachytherapy
Laurie W. Cuttino, Dorin Todor, Lynn Gilbert, Douglas W. Arthur
page 118
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Does treatment time or source strength affect late toxicity in accelerate partial breast irradiation brachytherapy?
Jill Heffernan, Aditya A. Bondal, Peck-Sun Lin, Laurie W. Cuttino, Douglas W. Arthur, Dorin A. Todor
pages 118-119
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Salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy for locally recurrent prostate cancer following primary external beam radiation therapy: Early toxicity results of a prospective study
Marisa A. Kollmeier, Michael J. Zelefsky, Brett W. Cox, Gil'ad N. Cohen, Marco Zaider, Christina O'Connor, Yoshiya Yamada
page 119
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A preliminary quality of life assessment of genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity comparing two fractions versus four fractions high dose radiation alone in early prostate cancer patients
Kathleen A. McPhee, Ann Calcaterra, Mamtha Balasubramaniam, Grace Boyea, Michelle Wallace, Chris Flynn, Michel Ghilezan, Alvaro A. Martinez
page 119
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Permanent prostate brachytherapy in prostate glands less than 20 cm3
Jyoti Mayadev, Gregory S. Merrick, Joshua Reed, Wayne M. Butler, Zachariah A. Allen, Kent E. Wallner
pages 119-120
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125I brachytherapy as monotherapy in patients aged ≤55 years with localized prostate cancer
Alfonso Gomez-Iturriaga, Juanita M. Crook, Gina Lockwood, Neil Fleshner
page 120
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Evaluation of long-term bowel and urinary toxicity after permanent prostate brachytherapy
Kevin L. Stephans, Chandana A. Reddy, Eric A. Klein, Kenneth Angermeier, James Ulchaker, Michael J. Burdick, Mohammad K. Khan, Lawrence Sheplan, Jay P. Ciezki
page 120
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PSA kinetics >5 years after treatment with brachytherapy or external beam radiotherapy: Defining the long-term PSA profile for biochemical control
Jay P. Ciezki, Chandana A. Reddy, Kenneth Angermeier, James Ulchaker, Andrew Stephenson, Steven Campbell, Andrew Altman, Nabil Chehade, Eric A. Klein
pages 120-121
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Feasibility of marker-catheters for a titanium tandem and ovoids applicator in MRI-guided bracytherapy: Implications on applicator reconstruction on 3 Tesla MRI
Yusung Kim, Manickam Muruganandham, John E. Bayouth, Timothy J. Waldron, Joseph M. Modrick, Sudershan K. Bhatia, Geraldine M. Jacobson
page 121
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Logistics of tandem and ovoids HDR plan optimization in MRI-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: Comparisons of standard, graphical, and inverse optimizations
Yusung Kim, Joseph M. Modrick, John E. Bayouth, Sudershan K. Bhatia, Geraldine M. Jacobson
pages 121-122
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Experimental determination of the dose perturbation to clinically defined bladder and rectal points for a shielded intracavitary tandem & ovoid applicator in high-dose-rate brachytherapy
Thomas R. Stanley, Wainwright Jaggernauth, Harish K. Malhotra
pages 122-123
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Verification of balloon rotation for the Contura™ multilumen device for accelerated partial breast irradiation
Zoubir Ouhib, Rashmi Benda, Michael Kasper, Carlos Vargas
page 123
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Interface dosimetry for electronic brachytherapy Xoft balloon applicators
James Segala, Gene A. Cardarelli, Jessica R. Hiatt, Edward Sternick
pages 123-124
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SAVI breast brachytherapy device allows expansion of women eligible for accelerated partial breast irradiation to whose with small breasts and narrow skin bridges
Daniel J. Scanderbeg, Patrick Barna, Anne Wallace, Sarah Blair, Catheryn M. Yashar
page 124
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A comparison of post-implant US/CT image fusion and MRI/CT image fusion for 125I prostate brachytherapy post implant dosimetry
Nitya Patanjali, Mira Keyes, W. James Morris, Mitchell Liu, Robert Harrison, Ingrid Spadinger, Veronika Moravan
page 124
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Rectal injury doses from permanent prostate brachytherapy
William S. Bice, Krystina M. Tack, Bradley R. Prestidge
pages 124-125
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Post-implant rectal dosimetry is not dependent on 103Pd or 125I seed activity
Gregory S. Merrick, Zachariah A. Allen, John Sylvester, Peter Grimm, Wayne M. Butler, Jonathan Khanjian
page 125
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Ultrasound elastography – an image guidance tool for prostate brachytherapy
Septimiu E. Salcudean, Xu Wen, Seyedeh Sara Mahdavi, Mehdi Moradi, J. William Morris, Ingrid Spadinger
pages 125-126
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Time course of prostatic edema post permanent seed implant determined by magnetic resonance imaging
Ron Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, John Pedersen, Albert Murtha, Nadeem Pervez
page 126
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Quadrant dosimetry as a predictor of biochemical relapse in 125I prostate brachytherapy
Ingrid Spadinger, W. James Morris, Mira Keyes, Mitchell Liu, Nick Chng, Rahim Vellani, Ryan Woods
page 126
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A comparison of the biological effective dose of 50 KV electronic brachytherapy to 192Ir high-dose-rate brachytherapy for vaginal cuff irradiation
Robert J. Markelewicz, Jessica R. Hiatt, Jaroslaw T. Hepel, Gene A. Cardarelli, Edward S. Sternick, David E. Wazer, Stephanie G. MacAusland
pages 126-127
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Dosimetric analysis of 3D image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy planning for the treatment of cervical cancer
Hayeon Kim, Sushil Beriwal, M. Saiful Huq
page 127
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Loading pattern calculated by inverse optimization vs traditional dosimetry systems of intracavitary brachytherapy of cervical cancer – A dosimetric study
Jamema V. Swamidas, Christian Kirisits, Umesh Mahantshetty, Petra Trnkova, Deepak D. Deshpande, Shyamkishore Shrivastava, Ketayun Dinshaw, Richard Pötter
pages 127-128
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Spatial distribution and DVH parameters correlation of additional rectal/sigmoid mucosal points, in high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix – A dosimetric study
Manpreet Singh Tiwana, Umesh M. Mahantshetty, Jamema V. Swamidas, Reena Z. Engineer, Deepak D. Deshpande, ShyamKishore Shrivastava
page 128
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High-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervix carcinoma using the Nice gynecologic applicator: A new procedure combining endocavitary and interstitial approach
Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, Marjorie Ferre, Aurelie Ginot, Michel Lallement, Francette Ettore, Serge Marcie, Jean-Pierre Gerard
pages 128-129
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A report on the initial experience with the Mick CT-compatible high-dose-rate split ring applicator®
Justin J. Juliano, Shlomo A. Koyfman, Joseph C. Veniero, Christopher P. Coppa, Matthew D. Kolar, Douglas A. Wilkinson
page 129
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Automated 2D/3D registration algorithm for high-dose-rate lung brachytherapy
Pavel S. Zvonarev, Robert J. Hunter, Joseph E. Hayward, Ranjan K. Sur, Thomas J. Farrell
pages 129-130
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