Preventing Complications from High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy when Treating Mobile Tongue Cancer via the Application of a Modular Lead-Lined Spacer

Shumei Murakami,Rinus G. Verdonschot,Naoya Kakimoto,Iori Sumida,Masateru Fujiwara,Kazuhiko Ogawa,Souhei Furukawa

Preventing Complications from High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy when Treating Mobile Tongue Cancer via the Application of a Modular Lead-Lined Spacer

2016

Shumei Murakami
Rinus G. Verdonschot
Naoya Kakimoto
Iori Sumida
Masateru Fujiwara
Kazuhiko Ogawa
Souhei Furukawa

Purpose To point out the advantages and drawbacks of high-dose rate brachytherapy in the treatment of mobile tongue cancer and indicate the clinical importance of modular lead-lined spacers when applying this technique to patients.

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Modular design
High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy
Cancer
Tongue Neoplasm
Tongue
Brachytherapy
Radiation therapy
Radiation exposure
Surgery
Medicine
mobile tongue

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