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Practice Guideline
. 2022 Feb-Apr;26(1-2):344-355.
doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2021.11.019. Epub 2021 Dec 23.

Prostate cancer brachytherapy: SFRO guidelines 2021

P Pommier  1 , M Ferré  2 , P Blanchard  3 , É Martin  4 , D Peiffert  5 , S Robin  6 , J-M Hannoun-Lévi  7 , V Marchesi  8 , J M Cosset  9
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Prostate cancer brachytherapy: SFRO guidelines 2021

P Pommier et al. Cancer Radiother. 2022 Feb-Apr.

Abstract

Prostate brachytherapy techniques are described, concerning both permanent seed implant and high dose rate brachytherapy. The following guidelines are presented: brachytherapy indications, implant procedure for permanent low dose rate implants and high dose rate with source projector, as well as dose and dose-constraints objectives, immediate postoperative management, post-treatment evaluation, and long-term follow-up.

Keywords: Brachytherapy; Cancers de prostate; Curiethérapie; French society for radiation oncology; Prostate cancer; Recommandations; Recommendations; Société française de radiothérapie oncologique.

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