Placement of MammoSite® Brachytherapy Catheter under Computed-Tomography Scan Guidance-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Placement of MammoSite® Brachytherapy Catheter under Computed-Tomography Scan Guidance

Published:2009-06 Issue:3 Volume:8 Page:177-180
ISSN:1533-0346
Container-title:Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment
language:en
Short-container-title:Technol Cancer Res Treat

Author:

Mutyala Subhakar¹,Yaparpalvi Ravindra¹,Choi Walter²,Mehta Keyur¹,Spierer Marnee¹,Kalnicki Shalom¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radiation Oncology Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York, USA

2. Department of Radiation Oncology Beth Israel Medical Center New York, New York, USA

Abstract

Placement of the MammoSite® breast brachytherapy catheter is most commonly performed either intraoperatively or under ultrasound-guided technique. Below, we present a case report of an alternate approach utilizing CT-scan guidance. This is the first reported case of a balloon brachytherapy catheter placement with this technique.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Cancer Research,Oncology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/153303460900800301

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