High dose rate prostate brachytherapy].
P Nickers, P Blanchard, J-M Hannoun-Lévi, A Bossi, O Chapet, S Guérif
Département universitaire de radiothérapie et curiethérapie, centre Oscar-Lambret, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France. p-nickers@o-lambret.fr
Cancer radiothérapie : journal de la Société française de radiothérapie oncologique 2013 AprThis article aims at presenting the interest of high dose rate brachytherapy in the radiation treatment of prostatic adenocarcinoma. We will discuss successively the biological and dosimetric specificity of brachytherapy for this particular cancer. Afterwards, we will review the main phase II and III studies, the therapeutic indications in the daily practice from the evidence based medicine as well as the techniques of external beam radiation therapy for the same indications. Finally, the principal avenues of development will be discussed. Copyright © 2013 Société française de radiothérapie oncologique (SFRO). Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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P Nickers, P Blanchard, J-M Hannoun-Lévi, A Bossi, O Chapet, S Guérif. High dose rate prostate brachytherapy]. Cancer radiothérapie : journal de la Société française de radiothérapie oncologique. 2013 Apr;17(2):118-24
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