Clinical Oncology
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Page 425 , June 2009

Early Tolerability and Results of I125 Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy in a Single UK Institution

  • Q. Ghafoor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Oncology, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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  • D.R. Ford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Oncology, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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  • L. Capaldi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Oncology, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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  • G.J. Heyes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy Physics, Medical Physics, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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  • R.M. Wyatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy Physics, Medical Physics, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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  • A. Doherty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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  • A. El-Modir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Oncology, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

References 

  1. Michell DM, Mandell P, Bottomley D, et al. Report on the early efficacy and tolerability of I125 permanent prostate brachytherapy from a UK multi-institutional database. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2008;20:738–744
  2. American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology . Consensus statement: guidelines for PSA following radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1997;37:1035–1041
  3. Henderson A, Ismail AKA, Cunningham M, et al. Toxicity and early biochemical outcomes from 125iodine brachytherapy in the UK: a prospective study. Clin Oncol. 2004;16:95–104

PII: S0936-6555(09)00027-2

doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.01.003

Clinical Oncology
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Page 425 , June 2009