"Brachytherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D001918
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.150
|
| Concept/Terms |
Brachytherapy- Brachytherapy
- Radioisotope Brachytherapy
- Curietherapy
- Brachytherapy, Radioisotope
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Brachytherapy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Brachytherapy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Brachytherapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Brachytherapy" by people in Profiles.
-
Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin for Local Recurrences of Endometrial Cancer: Results From an NRG Oncology/GOG Prospective Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Jul 10; 42(20):2425-2435.
-
Dosimetric evaluation of the feasibility of utilizing a reduced number of interstitial needles in combined intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy for cervical cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2023 Feb; 24(2):e13833.
-
Ocular malignancies treated with iodine-125 low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy at a single high-volume institution: A retrospective review. Med Dosim. 2022 Autumn; 47(3):273-279.
-
Adjuvant treatment improves overall survival in women with high-intermediate risk early-stage endometrial cancer with lymphovascular space invasion. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2020 11; 30(11):1738-1747.
-
Novel Use of Three-Dimensional Ultrasonography to Locate a Retained Needle in the Vaginal Wall. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 12; 134(6):1282-1284.
-
Brachytherapy with surgical resection as salvage treatment for recurrent high-grade meningiomas: a matched cohort study. J Neurooncol. 2020 Jan; 146(1):111-120.
-
A Phase II Trial of Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy as a Boost for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 03 01; 106(3):464-471.
-
Dosimetric considerations when utilizing Venezia, Capri, Rotte double tandem, and tandem and ring with interstitial needles for the treatment of gynecological cancers with high dose rate brachytherapy. Med Dosim. 2020 Spring; 45(1):21-27.
-
Phase III Trial: Adjuvant Pelvic Radiation Therapy Versus Vaginal Brachytherapy Plus Paclitaxel/Carboplatin in High-Intermediate and High-Risk Early Stage Endometrial Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019 07 20; 37(21):1810-1818.
-
Radiation treatment to a postresection primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the conjunctiva with positive margins at the Tenon's fascia-A case study. Med Dosim. 2019 Autumn; 44(3):245-250.