Radiation dose escalation by percutaneous interstitial brachytherapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
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2009-04
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Abstract
Management of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer is associated with a poor overall survival using concurrent
chemoradiotherapy. Therefore, newer approaches to treatment which enable dose escalation are warranted. Interstitial
brachytherapy in lung is a new emerging concept with many distinct advantages. We report here a case of locally advanced
non-small cell lung cancer with residual disease after conventional treatment. The patient was successfully treated using
percutaneous interstitial brachytherapy and is disease-free at 18-month follow-up.
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Carcinoma, Lung, Brachytherapy
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Sharma D N, Bahl Amit, Thulkar S, Rath G K, Basu K S Jothy, Bansal A, Julka P K. Radiation dose escalation by percutaneous interstitial brachytherapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 2009 Apr; 51(2): 103-106.