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WE‐C‐224C‐01: Buried Emanation: The Dawn of Prostate Brachytherapy
Author(s) -
Aronowitz JN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.2241706
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , medicine , prostate cancer , prostatectomy , prostate , prostate brachytherapy , radiation therapy , radiology , medical physics , nuclear medicine , cancer
Although radical prostatectomy was introduced in 1905, few cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed at a stage amenable to curative resection. Megavoltage equipment that could safely deliver a curative dose of radiation to the prostate did not become widely available until the 1960's. To fill this therapeutic void, leading urologists often turned to brachytherapy. This presentation follows the development of intracavitary and interstitial techniques during the second and third decades of the 20 th century.