Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "brachytherapy"
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Brachytherapy boost and cancer-specific mortality in favorable high-risk versus other high-risk prostate cancer
(Termedia Publishing House, 2016)Purpose Recent retrospective data suggest that brachytherapy (BT) boost may confer a cancer-specific survival benefit in radiation-managed high-risk prostate cancer. We sought to determine whether this survival benefit ... -
Clinical implementation of a novel applicator in high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment of esophageal cancer
(Termedia Publishing House, 2016)Purpose In this study, we present the clinical implementation of a novel transoral balloon centering esophageal applicator (BCEA) and the initial clinical experience in high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy treatment of ... -
Near-infrared fluorescence imaging platform for quantifying in vivo nanoparticle diffusion from drug loaded implants
(Dove Medical Press, 2016)Drug loaded implants are a new, versatile technology platform to deliver a localized payload of drugs for various disease models. One example is the implantable nanoplatform for chemo-radiation therapy where inert brachytherapy ... -
Radiation Treatment for WHO Grade II and III Meningiomas
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2013)The treatment of meningiomas is tailored to their histological grade. While World Health Organization (WHO) grade I lesions can be treated with either surgery or external beam radiation, WHO Grade II and III lesions often ...