"Brachytherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D001918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Brachytherapy- Brachytherapy
- Radioisotope Brachytherapy
- Curietherapy
- Brachytherapy, Radioisotope
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in Profiles.
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Health-related quality of life outcomes from a contemporary prostate cancer registry in a large diverse population. BJU Int. 2017 10; 120(4):520-529.
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Treatment results of brachytherapy vs. external beam radiation therapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer with 10-year followup. Brachytherapy. 2016 Nov - Dec; 15(6):687-694.
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Comparison of biochemical failure rates between permanent prostate brachytherapy and radical retropubic prostatectomy as a function of posttherapy PSA nadir plus 'X'. Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jul 29; 9:171.
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Racial and ethnic differences in time to treatment for patients with localized prostate cancer. Urology. 2013 Feb; 81(2):283-7.
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Marriage and ethnicity predict treatment in localized prostate carcinoma. Cancer. 2005 May 01; 103(9):1819-25.