کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3978260 | 1257245 | 2007 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
PurposeTo compare outcomes of patients treated with low-dose-rate (LDR) adjuvant brachytherapy (BT) + external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) vs. high-dose-rate (HDR) adjuvant BT + EBRT.Methods and materialsThirty-seven patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) were treated with pre- or postoperative external beam irradiation and postoperative LDR or HDR BT.ResultsThere was no significant difference in the 2-year local control rates (90% with LDR boost vs. 94% for HDR). The rate of National Cancer Institute (NCI) grades 2–4 wound-healing complications was 40% in the LDR group vs. 18% in the HDR group (p = 0.14). On univariate analysis, only suboptimal geometry of the implant predicted for increasing complication rate in the LDR group. In the HDR group, BT dose per fraction, total BT dose, and total biologically equivalent dose (BED3) radiation dose were significant.ConclusionsHDR and LDR boost BT results in acceptable local control for STS. There is a suggestion that HDR may have lower incidence of severe (grade ≥3) acute toxicity than LDR.
Journal: Brachytherapy - Volume 6, Issue 1, January–March 2007, Pages 53–57