Brachytherapy: Expanding the horizons

This special edition of brachytherapy will focus on intraoperative radiation therapy and electronic brachytherapy. The purpose of this special edition is to highlight these techniques and make our readership and authors aware that we are broadening the scope and purview of the journal to include these modalities. Intraoperative radiation therapy, whether delivered with high-dose-rate, low-dose-rate, electronic, or other techniques is consistent with brachytherapy as a technique as it places radiation therapy close to tumors/tumor beds, offering the ability to maximize the therapeutic ratio by delivering high doses to the target and lower doses to organs at risk with normal tissue manipulation.
Source: Brachytherapy - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research