Historical
Paris
Stockholm
Manchester
Fletcher
Modern
Stockholm
Manchester
& Fletcher
Mould
Limitations of
IC Applicators
Overcoming limitations of IC applicators
External beam boost with midline “shielding”
Emerging
Technologies
From: Mohamed S, et al.
.
Brachytherapy 2015;23-28.
(Comparison of EBRT boost to IC/IS boost)
Mid-line block
Assenholt MS, et al Brachytherapy 20114
Applicator guided
stereotactic IMRT
IC/IS boost > EBRT boost
When IC/IS BT is highly challenging