Journal article
Placement technique and the early complications of balloon breast brachytherapy: Magee-Womens Hospital experience
American journal of clinical oncology, v 30(2), pp 152-155
01 Apr 2007
PMID: 17414464
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Abstract
BACKGROUNDS AND OBJECTIVESOpen (OT) and percutaneous closed (PCT) techniques have been described for placement of the MammoSite catheter to deliver accelerated partial breast brachytherapy. We report early complications of both techniques.METHODSA total of 125 patients underwent catheter placement for MammoSite high-dose rate brachytherapy, with 108 patients successfully completing treatment. The OT was used in 85 patients and PCT in 40 patients. The mean distance between the balloon surface and breast skin was 1.44 cm and 1.31 cm, respectively. Average skin dose was 278 cGy in the OT group and 295 cGy in the PCT group (P > 0.05). Average gross specimen size was 43.16 cm3 in the OT group and 62.19 cm3 in the PCT group. Median follow-up was 11 months for the OT group and 5 months for the PCT group.RESULTSIn 17 cases, the catheter was subsequently removed without the patient completing treatment. Two of the patients in the OT group (3%) developed a delayed abscess. The overall incidence of persistent seroma (>6 months) was 20% with all occurring in the OT group, 30% of those patients. There were no acute skin toxicities higher than grade 2. The overall cosmesis is excellent or good in 95% of patients.CONCLUSIONDespite short follow-up and a small sample size in this study, it seems that the MammoSite brachytherapy was well tolerated by patients with early stage breast cancer when using either the OT or PCT.
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- Title
- Placement technique and the early complications of balloon breast brachytherapy: Magee-Womens Hospital experience
- Creators
- Atilla Soran - Magee-Womens HospitalTurkkan Evrensel - Magee-Womens HospitalSushil BeriwalRobert MogusDonald Keenan - Magee-Womens HospitalJoseph L Kelley - University of PittsburghMujdat Balkan - Magee-Womens HospitalAli Harlak - Magee-Womens HospitalMarguerite A Bonaventura - Magee-Womens HospitalRonald Johnson - Magee-Womens HospitalJeffrey S Falk - Magee-Womens Hospital
- Publication Details
- American journal of clinical oncology, v 30(2), pp 152-155
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology (and Nuclear Medicine)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000245637100008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-34147124470
- Other Identifier
- 991021897394504721
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