Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3977449 | Brachytherapy | 2010 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We recommend prophylactic nodal irradiation in addition to brachytherapy even for early-stage oral cancers treated with interstitial brachytherapy. Furthermore, the invasive procedure of interstitial brachytherapy causing a disruption of body's physiologic barrier to localize the disease is itself a probable risk factor for late nodal recurrence. Whether this, apart from the poor prognostic factors, causes increased chance of spread of a localized disease needs to be evaluated by a large prospective randomized study. This is needed to find out exactly the scenario where exclusive brachytherapy will be appropriate for treatment of early-stage oral cavity cancers.
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Authors
Bikramjit Chakrabarti, Suman Ghorai, Bishan Basu, Sajal Kumar Ghosh, Phalguni Gupta, Kousik Ghosh, Pramit Ghosh,