Editorials: AN OVERVIEW OF AFTERLOADING IN RADIOTHERAPY

Simon, Norman; Silverstone, Sidney M.; Roach, Lawrence C.

doi:10.2214/ajr.114.3.646

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“…Brachytherapists had to work quickly to avoid excessive personnel doses to themselves and their support staff (Quimby 1956, Simon 1965. Given these disadvantages, many medical centres opted for surgical or supervoltage beam therapy alternatives, which limited the number of adequate training opportunities for rigid needle interstitial implantation (Krabbenhoft 1958, Simon et al 1972. While data quantifying mid-20th century clinical practices are lacking, one receives the impression that, except for gynaecological brachytherapy, interstitial brachytherapy was in decline during the 1950s and 1960s.…”

Section: Brachytherapy In 1950mentioning

confidence: 99%

Brachytherapy technology and physics practice since 1950: a half-century of progress

Williamson¹

2006

Phys. Med. Biol.

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The 50-year tenure of Physics in Medicine and Biology has coincided with some of the most important developments in radiological science, including the introduction of artificial radioactivity, computers and 3D imaging into medicine. These events have profoundly influenced the development of brachytherapy. Although it is not the dominant radiotherapy modality, it continues to play an important role in cancer therapy, more than a century after its introduction. This paper reviews the impact of three broad categories of innovation introduced since 1950 from the North American perspective: the introduction of artificial radioactivity, computer- and image-based treatment planning, and basic single-source dosimetry.

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Section: Brachytherapy In 1950mentioning

confidence: 99%