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March 05, 2019

Intraoperative brachytherapy for resected brain metastases

Brain metastases, the most common intracranial neoplasms in adults (1), develop in approximately 30% of all cancer patients, and is the cause of death in up to 50% of these individuals (2). They are commonly located at the gray–white matter interface where the blood vessel caliber decreases, and their dissemination corresponds with blood flow...

February 28, 2019

Current state of interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) education in Italy: results of the INTERACTS survey

Purpose: Rapid evolution and improvement of technology in radiation oncology and the complexity of each area of radiotherapy (RT) practice determined the need for an adequate and flexible practical training system. In the field of interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy – BT), a decline in BT utilization was detected in the 1990’s, essentially due to technological improvement of external beam RT...