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Functional outcome of BT in tongue ca.

BRACHYTHERAPY IS • Alternative to a large surgery – Better function – Tongue mobility – Less alteration in speech • Alternative to EBRT or IMRT – Less xerostomy – Smaller volume of RT

– Less dose to bone and skin – Shorter total time – Higher dose

Yoshioka Y. Proposal of a new grading system for evaluation of tongue hemiatrophy as a late effect of brachytherapy for oral tongue cancer. Radiother Oncol 2001;61:87–92.

Perioperative implantation