Abstract
1/2009
vol. 1
Invited article
Boost in radiotherapy: external beam sunset, brachytherapy sunrise
J Contemp Brachyther 2009; 1, 1: 5-10
Online publish date: 2009/03/23
Radiobiological limitations for dose escalation in external radiotherapy are presented. Biological and clinical concept of brachytherapy boost to increase treatment efficacy is discussed, and different methods are compared. Oncentra Prostate 3D conformal real-time ultrasound-guided brachytherapy is presented as a solution for boost or sole therapy.
Keywords
brachytherapy, radiobiological rationale, boost techniques
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