scholarly journals Medical physicists should actively discourage institutions from advertising technologies such as IMRT and HDR brachytherapy in order to recruit patients

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-310
Author(s):  
Marc Edwards ◽  
William Bice ◽  
William R. Hendee
Keyword(s):  
Hdr Brachytherapy ◽  
Medical Physicists

scholarly journals Impact of High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Training via Telehealth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 1803-1812
Author(s):  
Jeremy B. Hatcher ◽  
Oluwadamilola Oladeru ◽  
Betty Chang ◽  
Sameeksha Malhotra ◽  
Megan Mcleod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dose Rate ◽  
Treatment Planning ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Hdr Brachytherapy ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Radiation Oncologists ◽  
Medical Physicists ◽  
Low And Middle Income

PURPOSE Our objective was to demonstrate the efficacy of a telehealth training course on high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy for gynecologic cancer treatment for clinicians in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) METHODS A 12-week course consisting of 16 live video sessions was offered to 10 cancer centers in the Middle East, Africa, and Nepal. A total of 46 participants joined the course, and 22 participants, on average, attended each session. Radiation oncologists and medical physicists from 11 US and international institutions prepared and provided lectures for each topic covered in the course. Confidence surveys of 15 practical competencies were administered to participants before and after the course. Competencies focused on HDR commissioning, shielding, treatment planning, radiobiology, and applicators. Pre- and post-program surveys of provider confidence, measured by 5-point Likert scale, were administered and compared. RESULTS Forty-six participants, including seven chief medical physicists, 16 senior medical physicists, five radiation oncologists, and three dosimetrists, representing nine countries attended education sessions. Reported confidence scores, both aggregate and paired, demonstrated increases in confidence in all 15 competencies. Post-curriculum score improvement was statistically significant ( P < .05) for paired respondents in 11 of 15 domains. Absolute improvements were largest for confidence in applicator commissioning (2.3 to 3.8, P = .009), treatment planning system commissioning (2.2 to 3.9, P = .0055), and commissioning an HDR machine (2.2 to 4.0, P = .0031). Overall confidence in providing HDR brachytherapy services safely and teaching other providers increased from 3.1 to 3.8 and 3.0 to 3.5, respectively. CONCLUSION A 12-week, low-cost telehealth training program on HDR brachytherapy improved confidence in treatment delivery and teaching for clinicians in 10 participating LMICs.

PO-0244 HDR brachytherapy monotherapy with 2 x 13.5 Gy for localized prostate cancer: short term follow up

2021 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. S203-S204
Author(s):  
M. Christianen ◽  
K. De Vries ◽  
P. Jansen ◽  
L. Luthart ◽  
I. Kolkman-Deurloo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Localized Prostate Cancer ◽  
Hdr Brachytherapy ◽  
Short Term

scholarly journals HDR brachytherapy with individual epithetic molds for facial skin cancer: techniques and first clinical experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Diefenhardt ◽  
Georgios Chatzikonstantinou ◽  
Markus Meissner ◽  
Janett Köhn ◽  
Christian Scherf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Hdr Brachytherapy ◽  
Facial Skin

Situation of young radiation oncologists, medical physicists and radiation biologists in German-speaking countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 192 (8) ◽  
pp. 507-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Krug ◽  
Rene Baumann ◽  
Thorsten Rieckmann ◽  
Emmanouil Fokas ◽  
Tobias Gauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Oncologists ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Medical Physicists

PO-0209 Practical considerations on the use of EM tracking technology for clinical HDR brachytherapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. S168-S169
Author(s):  
M.C. Lavallee ◽  
A. Cantin ◽  
E. Vigneault ◽  
W. Foster ◽  
S. Aubin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hdr Brachytherapy ◽  
Tracking Technology
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