TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer
A1  - Thawani, Nitika
A1  - Mutyala, Subhakar
A1  - Pashtan, Itai M.
A1  - Devlin, Phillip M.
A2  - Sugarbaker, David J.
A2  - Bueno, Raphael
A2  - Colson, Yolonda L.
A2  - Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2  - Krasna, Mark J.
A2  - Mentzer, Steven J.
A2  - Williams, Marcia
A2  - Adams, Ann
PY  - 2015
T2  - Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
AB  - Brachytherapy,  the  use  of  radioactive  isotopes  placed  directly  on  the  desired  target  tissues  during  surgery  or  placed  endoluminally,  can  be  used  for  treatment  of  lung  cancer.  It  offers  several  theoretic  advantages  when  compared  with  traditional  radiotherapy.  Direct  surgical  placement  of  the  radiation  source  allows  for  specific  targeting  and  uniform  delivery  of  the  radiation  minimizing  the  amount  of  normal  lung  in  the  radiation  field.  This  potentially  limits  radiation  side  effects  and  ensures  patient  compliance  which  has  been  a  major  disadvantage  of  external  beam  radiation  therapy.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105843282
ER  -