Feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging‐ultrasound guided high‐dose‐rate brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer: Preliminary results from a prospective study

• Published in: International Journal of Urology Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 725 - 732
• Main Authors: Kamitani, Nobuhiko, Miyaji, Yoshiyuki, Tamada, Tsutomu, Yoden, Eisaku, Kawata, Yujiro, Watanabe, Kenta, Tokiya, Ryouji, Nagai, Atsushi, Katsui, Kuniaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley 01.07.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adverse events; Brachytherapy; Feasibility Studies; focal therapy; high‐dose‐rate; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; MRI‐US fusion; Patients; Perineum; Prospective Studies; Prostate cancer; Prostate-Specific Antigen; Prostatic Neoplasms; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy Dosage; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography, Interventional; Ultrasound; high-dose-rate; prostate cancer; focal therapy; MRI-US fusion; brachytherapy

Objective This study aimed to investigate preliminary outcomes of a prospective trial of magnetic resonance imaging‐ultrasound fusion‐guided ultrafocal high‐dose‐rate brachytherapy in localized prostate cancer. Methods In our prospective study, data from patients who underwent this treatment between...