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Image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy after short-course external beam radiotherapy for elderly/frail rectal cancer patients.

Alexander Kristen, Nikolaos Tselis, Markus Diefenhardt, Armin Wiegering, Jörg Trojan, Hendrik Dapper, Christian Scherf, Ulla Ramm, Jörg Licher, Claus Rödel, Emmanouil Fokas, Maximilian Fleischmann

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]Sep 14, 2026PMID 42734824doi:10.1007/s00066-026-02589-y Journal ArticlepubmedProvenance
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PURPOSE: For elderly and frail patients with rectal cancer, unfit for radical surgery or extensive chemoradiation schedules, radiotherapy dose escalation by use of high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) may be an alternative organ-preserving approach. METHODS: 15 elderly/frail patients (median age,…

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