Open AccessBrachytherapy with iodine 125 seeds for bone metastases
Author(s) -
Wei Wang,
Zhonghao Liu,
Jian Zhu,
Chuanwang Wu,
Mingyang Li,
Yongzheng Wang,
Wujie Wang,
Bin Liu,
Yuliang Li
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_399_17
Subject(s) - medicine , brachytherapy , nuclear medicine , iodine , visual analogue scale , pain scale , adverse effect , surgery , radiation therapy , materials science , metallurgy
To evaluate the treatment safety and efficacy of iodine 125 (I125) seeds implantation in patients with bone metastases and assess the availability of quality of life (QOL) as an index for efficacy evaluation.