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- HDR Brachytherapy
- Remote after-loading system using 192-Ir
- Most common: single source catheter
Dose prescription at 1 cm
- More recently: flexible catheter with 8 channels
1. HDR-EBT – Procedure
Selective loading possible
Dose prescription at tumor radial margins (better dose
penetration at the radial depth)
- Treatment time: 10 min per fraction
- Curative, adjuvant and palliative treatment possible
Vuong et al. Brachytherapy 2005;4:230e235.