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Lung Cancer Brachytherapy
Current Cancer Therapy Reviews (2018)
  • Edward Yu, Western University
  • Craig Lewis, The University of Western Ontario
Abstract
Introduction: Brachytherapy is a treatment in which sealed radioactive sources are used to deliver high doses of radiation at close distance to the tumor with rapid dose fall-off in the surrounding normal tissue resulting in high therapeutic ratio in oncological disease management. It is effective in palliative treatment for patients with symptoms of hemoptysis and dysnea resulting from endobronchial obstruction.
Conclusion: In spite of the rapid development of external beam radiation therapy brachytherapy continues to remain an important mode of therapy and is often a default treatment when external beam radiation option is limited.
Keywords
  • Lung cancer,
  • non-small cell,
  • brachytherapy,
  • High Dose Rate (HRD),
  • treatment,
  • tumor.
Publication Date
Summer August 1, 2018
DOI
10.2174/1573394714666180208145420
Citation Information
Edward Yu and Craig Lewis. "Lung Cancer Brachytherapy" Current Cancer Therapy Reviews Vol. 14 Iss. 2 (2018) p. 137 - 148
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/edwardyu/111/