In regard to Póti et al.: Partial breast irradiation with interstitial 60co brachytherapy results in frequent grade 3 or 4 toxicity: Evidence based on a 12-year follow-up of 70 patients (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;58:1022-1033) [3]

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 345-

  Vicini, Frank ^a   Edmundson, Gregory ^a   Arthur, Douglas ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 4444363149     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.04.068     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. 60Co brachytherapy results in frequent grade 3 or 4 toxicity. Evidence based on a 12-year follow-up of 70 patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 58:2004;1022-1033
2. Rodrigus P., De Winter K., Venselaar J.L., et al. Evaluation of late morbidity in patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix following a dose rate change. Radiother Oncol. 42:1997;137-141
3. Newman G. Increased morbidity following the introduction of remote afterloading, with increased dose rate, for cancer of the cervix. Radiother Oncol. 39:1996;97-103
4. Lambin P., Gerbaulet A., Kramar A., et al. A comparison of early effects with two dose rates in brachytherapy of cervix carcinoma in a prospective randomised trial. Eur J Cancer. 30A:1994;312-320