"Brachytherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D001918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Brachytherapy- Brachytherapy
- Radioisotope Brachytherapy
- Curietherapy
- Brachytherapy, Radioisotope
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Brachytherapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2001 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2013 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in Profiles.
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Shields CL, Suribhatla R, Romero M, Ealer C, Bansal R, Emrich J, Komarnicky-Kocher L, Lally SE. TISSUE GLUE-ASSISTED PLAQUE RADIOTHERAPY FOR CHOROIDAL TUMORS WITH SCLERAL THINNING. Retina. 2025 04 01; 45(4):675-682.
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Baniel CC, Lichter KE, Frick MA, Wu J, Oladipo E, Wu YF, SwamyS A, Hsu IC, Prionas N, Blomain ES, Kidd EA, Buyyounouski MK, Rosenbluth G, Mohamad O, Bagshaw HP. The NorCal brachytherapy waste audit: A simple, validated, toolkit for clinician led waste reduction. Brachytherapy. 2025 Jul-Aug; 24(4):622-630.
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Calabresi K, Emrich J, Belko S, Pugliese R, Komarnicky-Kocher L, Mourtada F. 3D-printed template design to improve 125I seed plaque assembly accuracy for uveal brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2025 May-Jun; 24(3):420-430.
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Mourtada F, Belko S, Monane R, Pugliese R, Komarnicky-Kocher L, Lally SE, Wang W, Shields CL, Emrich J. A novel 3D printing method for a notched eye plaque "dummy" for uveal melanoma brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2025 Jan-Feb; 24(1):86-91.
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Cappelli L, Emrich J, Komarnicky-Kocher L, Vinogradskiy Y, Mourtada F. I-125 eye-plaque seed economics: To re-use or to not re-use? A single institutional cost savings analysis of re-using I-125 radioactive seeds for eye-Plaque brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2024 Jul-Aug; 23(4):463-469.
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Wang W, Emrich J, Mourtada F. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Aug; 25(8):e14395.
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Eiger-Moscovich M, Shields CL, Eagle RC, Milman T. BRCA-associated protein1 (BAP1) immunohistochemical stain reliability in postbrachytherapy uveal melanoma enucleation specimens. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2024 05 01; 72(Suppl 3):S459-S467.
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Dockery PW, DeSimone JD, Liu CK, Achuck K, Hamburger J, Bas Z, Shields CL. Effectiveness of treatment for iris melanoma: surgical versus radiotherapeutic approaches. Can J Ophthalmol. 2024 10; 59(5):329-334.
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Agarwal A, Pinto J, Renslo B, Bar-Ad V, Taleei R, Luginbuhl A. Feasibility of collagen matrix tiles with cesium-131 brachytherapy for use in the treatment of head and neck cancer. Brachytherapy. 2023 Jan-Feb; 22(1):120-124.
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Lewandowski RJ, Toskich BB, Brown DB, El-Haddad G, Padia SA. Role of Radioembolization in Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2022 Nov; 45(11):1590-1598.