Brachytherapy

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E02.815.150
Concept/Terms	Brachytherapy Brachytherapy Radioisotope Brachytherapy Curietherapy Brachytherapy, Radioisotope Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope Radioisotope Plaque Therapy Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque Surface Radiotherapy Surface Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Surface Radiotherapy, Intracavity Radiotherapy, Intracavity Intracavity Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Interstitial Radiotherapy, Interstitial Interstitial Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Implant Implant Radiotherapy

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Radiotherapy [E02.815]
Brachytherapy [E02.815.150]

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Bar chart showing 501 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 27 publications in 2011 and 2012 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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	14	6	20
2020	16	11	27
2021	17	0	17
2022	4	0	4

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Jacobsen MC, Beriwal S, Dyer BA, Klopp AH, Lee SI, McGinnis GJ, Robbins JB, Rauch GM, Sadowski EA, Simiele SJ, Stafford RJ, Taunk NK, Yashar CM, Venkatesan AM. Contemporary image-guided cervical cancer brachytherapy: Consensus imaging recommendations from the Society of Abdominal Radiology and the American Brachytherapy Society. Brachytherapy. 2022 Jul-Aug; 21(4):369-388.

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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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