USA: Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Akila N. Viswanathan; Jorgen Hansen; Robert Cormack

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68958-4_21

USA: Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Akila N. Viswanathan, Jorgen Hansen, Robert Cormack

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Abstract

At the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, both HDR and LDR are available. A dedicated brachytherapy suite with a CT scanner in the room is used for routine tandem-based brachyhterapy insertions. Patients with residual disease after external beam have a diagnostic MRI with the brachytherapy applicator in place to guide contouring.However, patients that have less than 4 cm of residual disease receive CT-based planning alone. In addition, a dedicated operating room with an MRI built into the suite is available for real-time image guidance for complex interstitial cases. A rigorous quality assurance and safety program exists to ensure effective brachytherapy treatment delivery for all patients.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Gynecologic Radiation Therapy
Subtitle of host publication	Novel Approaches to Image-Guidance and Management
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	225-230
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9783540689546
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68958-4_21
State	Published - Dec 1 2011
Externally published	Yes

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