Focal therapy for prostate cancer: the technical challenges

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Haworth, A; Williams, SDate
2017-07-01Source Title
Journal of Contemporary BrachytherapyPublisher
TERMEDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTDAffiliation
Clinical PathologySir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology
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Haworth, A. & Williams, S. (2017). Focal therapy for prostate cancer: the technical challenges. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY BRACHYTHERAPY, 9 (4), pp.383-389. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2017.69809.Access Status
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Focal therapy for prostate cancer has been proposed as an alternative treatment to whole gland therapy, offering the opportunity for tumor dose escalation and/or reduced toxicity. Brachytherapy, either low-dose-rate or high-dose-rate, provides an ideal approach, offering both precision in dose delivery and opportunity for a highly conformal, non-uniform dose distribution. Whilst multiple consensus documents have published clinical guidelines for patient selection, there are insufficient data to provide clear guidelines on target volume delineation, treatment planning margins, treatment planning approaches, and many other technical issues that should be considered before implementing a focal brachytherapy program. Without consensus guidelines, there is the potential for a diversity of practices to develop, leading to challenges in interpreting outcome data from multiple centers. This article provides an overview of the technical considerations for the implementation of a clinical service, and discusses related topics that should be considered in the design of clinical trials to ensure precise and accurate methods are applied for focal brachytherapy treatments.
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