Interstitial radiotherapy with 125-iodine seeds in the treatment of prostate carcinomas
✍ Scribed by H. Knüfermann; M. Wannenmacher; H. Sommerkamp
- Book ID
- 112785785
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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## Abstract Definitive treatment of localized carcinoma of the prostate has included radical surgery, external beam radiation therapy, and interstitial radiation therapy. The interstitial agent most commonly used is Iodine‐125. Forty‐eight patients were treated with interstitial radiation therapy u
## Background: This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of iodine-125 interstitial radiation in the treatment of prostate carcinoma classified as t1 or t2. ## Methods: One hundred twenty-six consecutive patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate (t1, 23%; t2, 77%) were treated with iodi