 Brachytherapy
"Brachytherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.
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D001918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Brachytherapy- Brachytherapy
- Radioisotope Brachytherapy
- Curietherapy
- Brachytherapy, Radioisotope
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Brachytherapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2008 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2018 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2019 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in Profiles.
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Patel SA, Kollmeier M, Crook J, Krauss D, Morton G, Chang AJ, Helou J, Hsu IC, Menard C, Patel S, Robin T, Rossi PJ, Zelefsky MJ, Kamrava MR. High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy boost in combination with external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: An evidence-based consensus statement. Brachytherapy. 2025 Sep-Oct; 24(5):644-662.
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Sapienza LG, Chapman CH, Jhavar S, Calsavara VF, Ludwig MS, Gomes MJL, Carvalho EF. Understanding Hydronephrosis Occurrence by an Individual-Kidney Level Analysis of all Events Postchemoradiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Oct 01; 123(2):513-522.
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Cucinella G, Schivardi G, Zhou XC, AlHilli MM, Wallace S, Covens A, Wohlmuth C, Baiocchi G, Tokgozoglu N, Raspagliesi F, Buda A, Zanagnolo V, Zapardiel I, Jagasia N, Giuntoli R, Glickman A, Peiretti M, Lanner M, Chacon E, Di Guilmi J, Pereira A, Laas E, Fishman A, Nitschmann CC, Kurnit K, Moriarty K, Joehlin-Price A, Lees B, De Brot L, Taskiran C, Bogani G, Landoni F, Chiva L, Grassi T, Bianchi T, Multinu F, De Vitis LA, Hernandez-Gutierrez A, Mastroyannis S, Ghoniem K, Palmieri E, Chiantera V, Maryam S, Fought AJ, McGree ME, Mariani A, Glaser G. Prognostic value of isolated tumor cells in sentinel lymph nodes in intermediate-risk endometrial cancer: results from an international, multi-institutional study. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2025 Jul; 35(7):101906.
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Dong EE, Xu J, Kim JW, Bryan J, Appleton J, Hamstra DA, Ludwig MS, Hanania AN. Apparent diffusion coefficient values predict response to brachytherapy in bulky cervical cancer. Radiat Oncol. 2024 Mar 13; 19(1):35.
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Grover S, Lichter KE, Likhacheva A, Jang JW, Ning MS, Robin TP, Small W, Kudchadker RJ, Swamidas J, Chopra S, Rai B, Sharma SD, Sharma DN, Kuppusamy T, Yang R, Berger D, Mendez LC, Glaser S, Erickson DL, Chino J, Mourtada F, Abdel-Wahab M, Jhingran A, Simonds H, Mahantshetty U. The American Brachytherapy Society and Indian Brachytherapy Society consensus statement for the establishment of high-dose-rate brachytherapy programs for gynecological malignancies in low- and middle-income countries. Brachytherapy. 2023 Nov-Dec; 22(6):716-727.
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Ladbury C, Harkenrider M, Taunk N, Fisher C, Mayadev J, Venkat P, Yashar C, Gaffney D, Beriwal S, Glaser S. A practical guide to hybrid interstitial/intracavitary brachytherapy for locally-advanced cervical cancer. Brachytherapy. 2023 Sep-Oct; 22(5):640-648.
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Shiao JC, Holt DE, Stuhr K, Schubert L, Robin T, Fisher CM. The Kelowna template for combined intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies: Design, application, treatment planning, dosimetric and treatment outcomes. Brachytherapy. 2022 Nov-Dec; 21(6):823-832.
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Sapienza LG, Ludwig MS, Baiocchi G. US-guided versus US-assisted tandem insertion for cervical cancer: A nomenclature proposal. Brachytherapy. 2022 Mar-Apr; 21(2):260-261.
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Shiao JC, Santoso A, Stuhr K, Bennett SJ, Gao D, Holt DE, Robin T, Fisher CM. Gynecologic interstitial brachytherapy curriculum using a low-cost phantom with ultrasound workshop and a treatment planning workshop is effective. Brachytherapy. 2022 Jan-Feb; 21(1):110-119.
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Zakem SJ, Cost CR, Cost NG, Robin TP, Milgrom SA. Brachytherapy in children, adolescents, and young adults: An underutilized modality in the United States? Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 03; 69(3):e29412.
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