Cs-131 Prostate Brachytherapy and Treatment Plan Parameters

Cancer types prostate

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Sutlief S and Wallner K

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Medical Physics
June 1, 2007
Drs. Sutlief and Wallner from Seattle report on a dosimetric study of Cesium-131 implants. They conclude that Cesium implants result in fewer “hotspots” than the other isotopes, are resistant to small errors in source placement, and require fewer seeds for large prostates.
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