Sharma D, Thulkar S, Kumar R, Rath G. Case reports Interstitial brachytherapy for liver metastases and assessment of response by positron emission tomography: a case report. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2010;2(3):114-116. doi:10.5114/jcb.2010.16922.
APA
Sharma, D., Thulkar, S., Kumar, R., & Rath, G. (2010). Case reports Interstitial brachytherapy for liver metastases and assessment of response by positron emission tomography: a case report. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2(3), 114-116. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2010.16922
Chicago
Sharma, Daya Nand, Sanjay Thulkar, Rakesh Kumar, and Goura Kishor Rath. 2010. "Case reports Interstitial brachytherapy for liver metastases and assessment of response by positron emission tomography: a case report". Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy 2 (3): 114-116. doi:10.5114/jcb.2010.16922.
Harvard
Sharma, D., Thulkar, S., Kumar, R., and Rath, G. (2010). Case reports Interstitial brachytherapy for liver metastases and assessment of response by positron emission tomography: a case report. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2(3), pp.114-116. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2010.16922
MLA
Sharma, Daya Nand et al. "Case reports Interstitial brachytherapy for liver metastases and assessment of response by positron emission tomography: a case report." Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, vol. 2, no. 3, 2010, pp. 114-116. doi:10.5114/jcb.2010.16922.
Vancouver
Sharma D, Thulkar S, Kumar R, Rath G. Case reports Interstitial brachytherapy for liver metastases and assessment of response by positron emission tomography: a case report. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2010;2(3):114-116. doi:10.5114/jcb.2010.16922.
For liver metastases (LM), image guided percutaneous ablative procedures such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), laser induced thermal therapy (LITT) and trans-arterial chemo-embolisation (TACE) are increasingly being used because they are relatively safer, less invasive and equally effective. CT scan guided interstitial brachytherapy (IBT) with a single large dose of radiation by high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a novel technique of treating LM and has shown good results. Positron emission tomography (PET) scan may provide better information for assessing the response to IBT procedures. We hereby report a case of LM that was treated by HDR IBT and PET scan was done in addition to CT scan for assessing the response.
Keywords
liver metastases, interstitial brachytherapy, PET scan