"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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| 1994 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 1997 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2000 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2001 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2003 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2004 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2005 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2006 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 2007 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2008 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 2009 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2010 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 2011 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| 2012 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 2013 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 2014 | 22 | 2 | 24 |
| 2015 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| 2020 | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 2022 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in Profiles.
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Financial Improvements From Short Course Adjuvant Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy in Early Endometrial Cancer Compared With Standard of Care, "SAVE" Trial. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2024 Nov-Dec; 14(6):e500-e506.
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COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PROFILING OF UVEAL MELANOMA EVALUATED WITH GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING, PREFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED ANTIGEN IN MELANOMA EXPRESSION, AND NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING. Retina. 2024 09 01; 44(9):1580-1589.
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Re-treatment of locally recurrent uveal melanoma with repeat eye plaque I-125 brachytherapy: A single institution experience. Brachytherapy. 2024 Sep-Oct; 23(5):604-609.
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Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin for Local Recurrences of Endometrial Cancer: Results From an NRG Oncology/GOG Prospective Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Jul 10; 42(20):2425-2435.
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Unlocking Precision in Radioembolization: Navigating the Future of Holmium-166 Radioembolization Mapping and Lung Shunt Study by Implementing Scout Dosimetry. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2024 Apr; 47(4):451-452.
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Apparent diffusion coefficient values predict response to brachytherapy in bulky cervical cancer. Radiat Oncol. 2024 Mar 13; 19(1):35.
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Very accelerated partial breast irradiation in 1 or 2?days: Late toxicity and early oncological outcome of the GEC-ESTRO VAPBI cohort. Radiother Oncol. 2024 05; 194:110217.
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Establishing a fingerprinting method for fast catheter identification in HDR brachytherapy in vivo dosimetry. Brachytherapy. 2024 Mar-Apr; 23(2):165-172.
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Definitive radiation for advanced cervix cancer is not associated with vaginal shortening-a prospective vaginal length and dose correlation. Brachytherapy. 2024 Mar-Apr; 23(2):136-140.
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Exploratory analysis of the cervix tumoral HPV antigen-specific T-cell repertoire during chemoradiation and after brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2024 Mar-Apr; 23(2):123-135.