TY - JOUR
TI - Combined teletherapy and intracavitary brachytherapy boost for the
treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
AU - Kouvaris, J
AU - Plataniotis, GA
AU - Sandilos, P
AU - Dardoufas, C and
AU - Damatopoulou, A
AU - Vlahos, L
AU - Papavasiliou, C
JO - Radiotherapy and Oncology
PY - 1996
VL - 38
TODO - 3
SP - 263-267
PB - ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
SN - 0167-8140
TODO - 10.1016/0167-8140(95)01701-1
TODO - nasopharyngeal carcinoma; intracavitary brachytherapy; roost
TODO - For the non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, external beam radiation
therapy (median dose 64 Gy) and a boost of intracavitary irradiation
(ICRT) has been given. Caesium-137 pellets of 40 mCi were used at a dose
rate of 3-3.5 Gy/h, 1 cm from the sources. The median dose was 8.5 Gy.
Overall 5-year actuarial survival for the 48 studied patients was 60.4%
and LRFS was 64%. The procedure was well tolerated by our patients.
ER -