Novel HDR Lip Brachytherapy Technique to Improve Dose Homogeneity and Reduce Toxicity by Customized Mold

Limor Appelbaum; Mordechai Sela; Ninel Voskoboinik; Jon Feldman; S. Kaduri; Amichay Meirovitz; Itzhak Orion

doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.781

Novel HDR Lip Brachytherapy Technique to Improve Dose Homogeneity and Reduce Toxicity by Customized Mold

Limor Appelbaum, Mordechai Sela, Ninel Voskoboinik, Jon Feldman, S. Kaduri, Amichay Meirovitz, Itzhak Orion

Unit of Nuclear Engineering

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

To describe a novel brachytherapy technique used at our institution for SCC of the lip, which utilizes a customized acrylic mold with embedded brachytherapy sleeves, serving to push the lip away from the mandible, and to improve dose homogeneity and reduce toxicity.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	s486
Number of pages	1
Journal	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
Volume	81
Issue number	Issue 2, Supplement
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.781
State	Published - 1 Oct 2011

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