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Electronic brachytherapy used for the successful treatment of three different types of equine tumours
Author(s) -
Bradley W. M.,
Schilpp D.,
Khatibzadeh S. M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/eve.12420
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , medicine , lymphoma , radiology , radiation therapy , pathology
Summary An electronic form of interstitial brachytherapy was used to treat tumours on 3 different horses. One horse was treated for an ocular lymphoma, the second for a sarcoid, and the third for melanoma. This form of brachytherapy contains inherent advantages over previously used forms of brachytherapy and provides another treatment option for equine tumours that cannot be treated with, or do not respond to, conventional tumour therapies.