RT Book, Section
A1 Thawani, Nitika
A1 Mutyala, Subhakar
A1 Pashtan, Itai M.
A1 Devlin, Phillip M.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Burt, Bryan M.
A2 Groth, Shawn S.
A2 Loor, Gabriel
A2 Wolf, Andrea S.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
SR Print(0)
ID 1170411587
T1 Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer
T2 Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260026931
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170411587
RD 2023/06/03
AB Brachytherapy,  involving  the  use  of  radioactive  isotopes  placed  directly  on  the  desired  target  tissues  during  surgery  or  placed  endoluminally,  can  be  used  for  the  treatment  of  lung  cancer.  It  offers  several  theoretical  advantages  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.  Its  potential  advantage  over  external  beam  radiation  therapy  is  that  it  limits  the  radiation  dose  to  normal  tissues  and  decreases  the  radiation  side  effects  while  providing  a  high  dose  of  radiation  directly  to  the  targeted  area,  possibly  improving  tumor  control.