Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

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Journal integrated with

1/2023
vol. 15

Letter to the Editor

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Online publish date: 2023-02-28

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Original paper

HDR-brachytherapy for accelerated partial breast irradiation: Long-term experience from a Japanese institution

Ken Yoshida, Tadayuki Kotsuma, Yuji Takaoka, Setsuo Tamenaga, Hideya Yamazaki, Takayuki Nose, Naoya Murakami, Koji Inaba, Hironori Akiyama, Koji Masui, Tadashi Takenaka, Hikaru Kubota, Nikolaos Tselis, Norikazu Masuda, Hiroyuki Yasojima, Masashi Takeda, Masayuki Mano, Satoaki Nakamura, Keita Utsunomiya, Noboru Tanigawa, Eiichi Tanaka

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 1–8

Online publish date: 2023-02-28

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125579

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Original paper

Long-term clinical outcomes of non-melanoma skin cancer patients treated with electronic brachytherapy

Stephen W. Doggett, Mark Willoughby, Kenneth A. Miller, Erick Mafong

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 9–14

Online publish date: 2023-02-28

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125580

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Original paper

Combined CT-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy (CT-HDRBT) and transarterial chemoembolization with irinotecan-loaded microspheres improve local tumor control and progression-free survival in patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases compared with mono-CT-HDRBT

Stefanie Friedrich, Felix Busch, Martin Jonczyk, Gero Wieners, Georg Böning, Willie Magnus Lüdemann, Aymen Meddeb, Federico Collettini, Bernhard Gebauer

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 15–26

Online publish date: 2023-02-28

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125480

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Original paper

Prognostic factors of local control and progression-free survival in AJCC stages T1 and T2 cervical cancer patients treated with adjuvant brachytherapy after chemoradiotherapy

Jean-Christophe Faivre, Paul Jung, Julia Salleron, Florian Baumard, Florent Courrech, Frédéric Marchal, Didier Peiffert, Sophie Renard, Claire Charra-Brunaud

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 27–36

Online publish date: 2023-02-09

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.124936

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Original paper

Pain and symptom relief using inhaled methoxyflurane for gynecologic brachytherapy applicator removal

Alexandra J. Stewart, Ciarna Brooker, Gemma Vose, Katie Redmond, Amy Williams, Nikesh Pankhania, Hayley Dommett, Justin Kirk-Bayley, Adrian P. Franklin, Ben Morrison

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 37–42

Online publish date: 2023-02-28

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125581

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Original paper

Feasibility of outpatient hybrid brachytherapy for cervical cancer with minimal sedation: Results from a single-institutional protocol

Subhakar Mutyala, Gabriella Smith, Hayden Ansinelli, Nitika Thawani

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 43–47

Online publish date: 2023-02-28

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125527

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Original paper

Are active dwell positions always necessary in the ring/ovoids channel of the cervical applicator in the intracavitary-interstitial brachytherapy of cervical cancer?

Georgina Fröhlich, Júlia Vízkeleti, Anhhong Nhung Nguyen, Csaba Polgár, Zoltán Takácsi-Nagy, Tibor Major

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 48–56

Online publish date: 2023-01-20

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.124399

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Original paper

Development of a multi-purpose quality control phantom for MRI-based treatment planning in high-dose-rate brachytherapy of cervical cancer

Abolfazl Kanani, Amir Owrangi, Mehran Yazdi, Ali Fatemi-Ardekani, Mohammad Amin Mosleh-Shirazi

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 57–68

Online publish date: 2023-02-10

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125014

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Original paper

Using a deep learning approach for implanted seed detection on fluoroscopy images in prostate brachytherapy

Andy Yuan, Tarun Podder, Jiankui Yuan, Yiran Zheng

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 69–74

Online publish date: 2023-02-27

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125512

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Case report

Technical details and clinical outcomes after high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of external auditory canal and external beam radiotherapy for nodal coverage: A case report

Mark P. Dumago, Kelvin Ken L. Yu, Luisa E. Jacomina, Eugene T. Yap, Carl Jay E. Jainar, Maureen R. Bojador, Adrian F. Fernando, Warren R. Bacorro, Michael A. Mejia

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 75–80

Online publish date: 2023-02-28

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125481

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Case report

Iodine-125 seed brachytherapy combined with pembrolizumab for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer after failure of first-line chemotherapy: A report of two cases and literature review

Mingli Yuan, Liangchao Wang, Yang Xiao, Xiaoqun Guo, Yi Hu

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2023; 15, 1: 81–88

Online publish date: 2023-02-28

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2023.125582

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