Investigating the displacement of radio-active sources during gold-198 grain brachytherapy for hospitalized oral cancer patients

CONCLUSIONS: When performing brachytherapy with 198Au grains for superficial lesions on the tongue or lips, care should be taken to avoid grain displacement.PMID:35494181 | PMC:PMC9044306 | DOI:10.5114/jcb.2022.114869

Source: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy - May 2, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Masaru Konishi Yuki Takeuchi Katsumaro Kubo Nobuki Imano Ikuno Nishibuchi Yuji Murakami Kiichi Shimabukuro Pongsapak Wongratwanich Naoya Kakimoto Yasushi Nagata Source Type: research