PURPOSE In an effort to shed light on the continuing debate over the best treatment options for patients with localized prostate cancer, we present a retrospective review of patients from a single group community urology practice. METHODS AND MATERIALS Data from 1707 patients were reviewed. These patients, with T1 or T2 adenocarcinoma of the prostate, were treated from 1992 to 2004 with eithe...

OBJECTIVE Low dose rate (LDR) prostate brachytherapy (permanent 125I or 103Pd seeds) is an accepted treatment option for low risk prostate cancer patients. However, differences in prostate spatial location, volume and gland deformation between the images obtained during pre-planning and later on during the implant procedure prevent the pre-planned intended dose to be accurately delivered. We ar...

PURPOSE Intraoperative planning with transrectal ultrasound (US) is used for accurate seed placement and optimal dosimetry in prostate brachytherapy. However, prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown superiority in delineation of prostate anatomy. Accordingly, MRI/US fusion may be useful for accurate intraoperative planning. We analyzed planning with MRI/US fusion to compare differen...

BACKGROUND Breast cancers are more frequently diagnosed at an early stage and currently have improved long term outcomes. Late normal tissue complications induced by adjuvant radiotherapy like secondary cancers or cardiomyopathy must now be avoided at all cost. Several new breast radiotherapy techniques have been developed and this work aims at comparing the scatter doses of internal organs for...

Since publication of the 2004 update to the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group No. 43 Report (TG-43U1), several new low-energy photon-emitting brachytherapy sources have become available. Many of these sources have satisfied the AAPM prerequisites for routine clinical use as of January 10, 2005, and are posted on the Joint AAPM/RPC Brachytherapy Seed Registry. Cons...

This research intends to unveil the presence of radioisotopes in soil some mining sites Nasarawa state using thermos-scientific interceptor (IdentiFINDER). The work aimed at detecting presence, types and trust level radioisotopes. result showed that, 103Pd 125I were found 57% total points percentage abundance detector reached 50-65% indicating those are likely area, 109Cd was 15% areas. for sho...

PURPOSE To evaluate the patterns of regression of iris melanoma after treatment with palladium-103 (103Pd) plaque brachytherapy. DESIGN Retrospective, nonrandomized, interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS Fifty patients with primary malignant melanoma of the iris. METHODS Palladium-103 plaque brachytherapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Changes in tumor size, pigmentation, and vascularity; in...