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Brachytherapy

Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 277-368 (October-December 2008)

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Point/Counterpoint

Point: Radical prostatectomy is the treatment of choice for high-risk prostate cancer patients
Judd W. Moul
pages 277-279
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Counterpoint: High-risk prostate cancer: The case for combination brachytherapy and external beam irradiation
Richard G. Stock
pages 280-282
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Rebuttal to Dr. Stock
Judd W. Moul
page 283
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Rebuttal to Dr. Moul
Richard G. Stock
pages 284-285
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Pretreatment prostate-specific antigen velocity is associated with freedom from biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy alone
Peter J. Rossi, James Urbanic, Peter E. Clark, David L. McCullough, W. Robert Lee
pages 286-289
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Recommendations for permanent prostate brachytherapy with 131Cs: A consensus report from the Cesium Advisory Group, 09 September 2008
William S. Bice, Bradley R. Prestidge, Steven M. Kurtzman, Sushil Beriwal, Brian J. Moran, Rakesh R. Patel, Mark J. Rivard
pages 290-296
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Inter-institutional variation of implant activity for permanent prostate brachytherapy, 11 September 2008
Jesse N. Aronowitz, Juanita M. Crook, Jeff M. Michalski, John E. Sylvester, Gregory S. Merrick, Christie Mawson, David Pratt, Devi Naidoo, Wayne M. Butler, Kathryn Karolczuk
pages 297-300
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Multicatheter hybrid breast brachytherapy: A potential alternative for patients with inadequate skin distance, 04 September 2008
Sushil Beriwal, Devin Coon, Hayeon Kim, Marsha Haley, Rakesh Patel, Rupak Das
pages 301-304
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Incidence and prognostic factors for seroma development after MammoSite breast brachytherapy, 09 September 2008
John M. Watkins, Jennifer L. Harper, Anthony E. Dragun, Michael S. Ashenafi, Debajyoti Sinha, Jun Li, David J. Cole, Joseph M. Jenrette
pages 305-309
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Early breast cancer treated with conservative surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy, and delayed accelerated partial breast irradiation with high-dose-rate brachytherapy, 09 September 2008
Alfonso Gómez-Iturriaga, Luis Pina, Mauricio Cambeiro, Fernando Martínez-Regueira, José Manuel Aramendía, Oscar Fernández-Hidalgo, Rafael Martínez-Monge
pages 310-315
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The use of the MammoSite balloon applicator in re-irradiation of the breast, 11 September 2008
Mark Trombetta, Thomas Julian, Moyed Miften, Woodrow McWilliams, Yongbok Kim, David Parda
pages 316-319
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Concepts for critical organ dosimetry in three-dimensional image-based breast brachytherapy
Daniel Berger, Daniela Kauer-Dorner, Wolfgang Seitz, Richard Pötter, Christian Kirisits
pages 320-326
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The impact of prescription depth, dose rate, plaque size, and source loading on the central axis using 103Pd, 125I, and 131Cs, 09 September 2008
Mark J. Rivard, Christopher S. Melhus, Shirin Sioshansi, Jody Morr
pages 327-335
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Point vs. volumetric bladder and rectal doses in combined intracavitary-interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy: Correlation and comparison with published Vienna applicator data, 09 September 2008
Ravindra Yaparpalvi, Subhakar Mutyala, Giridhar R. Gorla, James Butler, Dennis Mah, Madhur K. Garg, Shalom Kalnicki
pages 336-342
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Longitudinal changes in quality of life and costs in long-term survivors of tumors of the oropharynx treated with brachytherapy or surgery, 11 September 2008
Wideke M. Nijdam, Peter C. Levendag, Inge Noever, Paul I.M. Schmitz, Carin A. Uyl-de Groot
pages 343-350
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A dosimetric comparison of Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy and iridium-192 high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer, 11 September 2008
Adam Dickler, Michael C. Kirk, Alan Coon, Damian Bernard, Tom Zusag, Jacob Rotmensch, David E. Wazer
pages 351-354
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Brachytherapy in endometrial cancer: Quantification of air gaps around a vaginal cylinder, 09 September 2008
Alison L. Cameron, Paul Cornes, Hoda Al-Booz
pages 355-358
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Case Report

Treatment of recurrent vaginal melanoma with external beam radiation therapy and palladium-103 brachytherapy, 09 September 2008
Sean E. McGuire, Steven J. Frank, Patricia J. Eifel
pages 359-363
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Letters to the Editor

Image-guided treatment planning in brachytherapy for cervical cancer. In regard to Kubicky et al (Brachytherapy 2008;7:242–247)
Kari Tanderup, Christian Kirisits
page 364
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In response to Drs Tanderup and Kirisits
I.-Chow Hsu, Jean Pouliot
pages 364-365
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For “Measurements of the dosimetric constants for a new 103Pd brachytherapy source,” Brachytherapy 1 (2002) 110–119, by Stephen W. Peterson and Bruce Thomadsen
Ali Meigooni, Bruce Thomadsen, Stephen Peterson
pages 365-366
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Reviewers for Volume 7
pages 367-368
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Frontmatter

Editorial Board
page A1
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Masthead
page A2
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Table of Contents
pages A5-A6
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Guide for Authors
page A7
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