Dosimetric and radiobiological investigation of permanent implant prostate brachytherapy based on Monte Carlo calculations

Permanent implant prostate brachytherapy plays an important role in prostate cancer treatment, but dose evaluations typically follow the water-based TG-43 formalism, ignoring patient anatomy and interseed attenuation. The purpose of this study is to investigate advanced TG-186 model-based dose calculations via retrospective dosimetric and radiobiological analysis for a new patient cohort.
Source: Brachytherapy - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research