"Brachytherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Brachytherapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1992 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1993 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1994 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2000 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2001 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2003 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2004 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2005 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2006 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2007 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2008 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 2009 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2010 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| 2011 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| 2012 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 2013 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 2014 | 22 | 2 | 24 |
| 2015 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 2017 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2019 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 2020 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| 2021 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in Profiles.
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Nguyen AT, Kim S, Keyes M, Petereit DG, Mourtada F, Rossi PJ, Klopp AH, Kamrava M. Evaluation of burnout in physician members of the American Brachytherapy Society. Brachytherapy. 2022 May-Jun; 21(3):362-368.
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Jhingran A. Updates in the treatment of vaginal cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2022 03; 32(3):344-351.
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Jørgensen EB, Buus S, Bentzen L, Hokland SB, Rylander S, Kertzscher G, Beddar S, Tanderup K, Johansen JG. 3D dose reconstruction based on in vivo dosimetry for determining the dosimetric impact of geometric variations in high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy. Radiother Oncol. 2022 06; 171:62-68.
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Sapienza LG, Ludwig MS, Baiocchi G. US-guided versus US-assisted tandem insertion for cervical cancer: A nomenclature proposal. Brachytherapy. 2022 Mar-Apr; 21(2):260-261.
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Kamrava M, Thaker N, Small W, Frank SJ. Driving accountable care with brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2022 Jan-Feb; 21(1):4-5.
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Sanders JW, Mok H, Hanania AN, Venkatesan AM, Tang C, Bruno TL, Thames HD, Kudchadker RJ, Frank SJ. Computer-aided segmentation on MRI for prostate radiotherapy, Part I: Quantifying human interobserver variability of the prostate and organs at risk and its impact on radiation dosimetry. Radiother Oncol. 2022 04; 169:124-131.
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Shah C, Vicini F, Beriwal S, Thaker N, Frank SJ, Rossi P, Orio P, Chang AJ, Joshi N, Campbell SR, Naghavi A, Chao S, Kamrava M, Deufel CL, Mourtada F, Suh JH. American Brachytherapy Society radiation oncology alternative payment model task force: Quality measures and metrics for brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2022 Jan-Feb; 21(1):63-74.
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Linares Rosales HM, Couture G, Archambault L, Beddar S, Després P, Beaulieu L. On the use of machine learning methods for mPSD calibration in HDR brachytherapy. Phys Med. 2021 Nov; 91:73-79.
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Zakem SJ, Cost CR, Cost NG, Robin TP, Milgrom SA. Brachytherapy in children, adolescents, and young adults: An underutilized modality in the United States? Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 03; 69(3):e29412.
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Jørgensen EB, Johansen JG, Overgaard J, Piché-Meunier D, Tho D, Rosales HML, Tanderup K, Beaulieu L, Kertzscher G, Beddar S. A high-Z inorganic scintillator-based detector for time-resolved in vivo dosimetry during brachytherapy. Med Phys. 2021 Nov; 48(11):7382-7398.