Brachytherapy

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E02.815.150
Concept/Terms	Brachytherapy Brachytherapy Radioisotope Brachytherapy Curietherapy Brachytherapy, Radioisotope Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope Radioisotope Plaque Therapy Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque Surface Radiotherapy Surface Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Surface Radiotherapy, Intracavity Radiotherapy, Intracavity Intracavity Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Interstitial Radiotherapy, Interstitial Interstitial Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Implant Implant Radiotherapy

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Radiotherapy [E02.815]
Brachytherapy [E02.815.150]

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Bar chart showing 223 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2011 and 2012 and 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	3	1	4
2003	12	3	15
2004	6	5	11
2005	9	1	10
2006	8	6	14
2007	6	6	12
2008	9	2	11
2009	8	4	12
2010	13	2	15
2011	13	6	19
2012	14	5	19
2013	12	7	19
2014	5	4	9
2015	4	6	10
2016	6	0	6
2017	4	0	4
2018	4	0	4
2019	2	0	2
2020	4	1	5
2021	8	1	9
2022	10	0	10

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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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Knavel Koepsel EM, Smolock AR, Pinchot JW, Kim CY, Ahmed O, Chamarthy MRK, Hecht EM, Hwang GL, Kaplan DE, Luh JY, Marrero JA, Monroe EJ, Poultsides GA, Scheidt MJ, Hohenwalter EJ. ACR Appropriateness Criteria? Management of Liver Cancer: 2022 Update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Nov; 19(11S):S390-S408.

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Harkenrider MM, Abu-Rustum N, Albuquerque K, Bradfield L, Bradley K, Dolinar E, Doll CM, Elshaikh M, Frick MA, Gehrig PA, Han K, Hathout L, Jones E, Klopp A, Mourtada F, Suneja G, Wright AA, Yashar C, Erickson BA. Radiation Therapy for Endometrial Cancer: An American Society for Radiation Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2023 Jan-Feb; 13(1):41-65.

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Peters V, Gurayah A, Jin W, Kwon D, Zhao W, Patel NV, Markoe A, Correa Z, Studenski MT, Harbour JW, Samuels SE. Clinical characteristics and postoperative complications as predictors of radiation toxicity after treatment with I125 Eye Plaque Brachytherapy for Uveal Melanomas. Brachytherapy. 2022 Nov-Dec; 21(6):896-903.

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Merfeld EC, Kuczmarska-Haas A, Burr AR, Witt JS, Francis DM, Ntambi JN, Desai VK, Huang JY, Miller JR, Lawless MJ, Wallace CR, Anderson BM, Bradley KA. Targeting the GTV in medically inoperable endometrial cancer using brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2022 Nov-Dec; 21(6):792-798.

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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.

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Prisciandaro J, Zoberi JE, Cohen G, Kim Y, Johnson P, Paulson E, Song W, Hwang KP, Erickson B, Beriwal S, Kirisits C, Mourtada F. AAPM task group report 303 endorsed by the ABS: MRI implementation in HDR brachytherapy-Considerations from simulation to treatment. Med Phys. 2022 Aug; 49(8):e983-e1023.

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Sharma NK, Kappadath SC, Chuong M, Folkert M, Gibbs P, Jabbour SK, Jeyarajah DR, Kennedy A, Liu D, Meyer JE, Mikell J, Patel RS, Yang G, Mourtada F. The American Brachytherapy Society consensus statement for permanent implant brachytherapy using Yttrium-90 microsphere radioembolization for liver tumors. Brachytherapy. 2022 Sep-Oct; 21(5):569-591.

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Nguyen AT, Kim S, Keyes M, Petereit DG, Mourtada F, Rossi PJ, Klopp AH, Kamrava M. Evaluation of burnout in physician members of the American Brachytherapy Society. Brachytherapy. 2022 May-Jun; 21(3):362-368.

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Hall WA, Deshmukh S, Bruner DW, Michalski JM, Purdy JA, Bosch W, Bahary JP, Patel MP, Parliament MB, Lock MI, Lau HY, Souhami L, Fisher SA, Kwok Y, Seider MJ, Vigneault E, Rosenthal SA, Gustafson GS, Gay HA, Pugh SL, Sandler HM, Movsas B. Quality of Life Implications of Dose-Escalated External Beam Radiation for Localized Prostate Cancer: Results of a Prospective Randomized Phase 3 Clinical Trial, NRG/RTOG 0126. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 01 01; 112(1):83-92.

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