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High‐activity iodine‐125 endocurietherapy for head and neck tumors
Author(s) -
Pradeep Kumar P.,
Good Roger R.,
Yonkers Anthony J.,
Ogren Frederic P.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198902000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , head and neck , adenocarcinoma , radiation therapy , iodine , basal cell , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , radiology , chemotherapy , nuclear medicine , cancer , oncology , surgery , chemistry , organic chemistry
Inoperable solid tumor recurrence within a surgical bed or within a previously irradiated field usually responds poorly to re‐treatment with conventional external beam irradiation (EXRT) and/or chemotherapy. We present a new, alternative method of re‐treatment used in two patients with recurrent head and neck cancer involving the parotid (adenocarcinoma) and neck nodes (squamous cell carcinoma). These patients were successfully re‐treated with high‐activity 125 iodine (I‐125) permanent implantation.