Open AccessPerioperative high dose rate brachytherapy in head and neck cancers: case report and review of clinical application
Author(s) -
Amit Bahl,
Roshan Verma,
Naresh K. Panda,
Arun S. Oinam,
Jerry R. John,
Satinder Kaur,
Pramod Kumar,
Sushmita Ghoshal,
Gaurav Trivedi,
Jaimanti Bakshi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bjr case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-7159
DOI - 10.1259/bjrcr.20200158
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , medicine , perioperative , head and neck , radiation therapy , dose rate , head and neck cancer , surgery , radiology , medical physics
Perioperative high dose rate brachytherapy is a radiotherapy treatment technique which involves intraoperative insertions of brachytherapy catheters into the tumor bed during the surgical resection followed by treatment in the post-operative period. We report here two cases to highlight its use in the primary treatment and reirradiation of head and neck cancers.