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dc.contributor.authorAronowitz, Jesse N.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:46.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:18:58Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:18:58Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-01
dc.date.submitted2015-11-16
dc.identifier.citationInt J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Jul 1;92(3):479-87. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.02.014. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.02.014">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn0360-3016 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.02.014
dc.identifier.pmid26068477
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47971
dc.description.abstractAlthough brachytherapy had been established as a highly effective modality for the treatment of cancer, its application was threatened by mid-20th century due to appreciation of the radiation hazard to health care workers. This review examines how the introduction of afterloading eliminated exposure and ushered in a brachytherapy renaissance.
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dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.02.014
dc.subjectBrachytherapy
dc.subjectHistory, 20th Century
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectOccupational Exposure
dc.subjectRadiation Injuries
dc.subjectRadioisotopes
dc.subjectTechnology, Radiologic
dc.subjectNeoplasms
dc.subjectOncology
dc.subjectRadiology
dc.subjectTherapeutics
dc.titleAfterloading: The Technique That Rescued Brachytherapy
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleInternational journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
dc.source.volume92
dc.source.issue3
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/radiationoncology_pubs/80
dc.identifier.contextkey7846777
html.description.abstract<p>Although brachytherapy had been established as a highly effective modality for the treatment of cancer, its application was threatened by mid-20th century due to appreciation of the radiation hazard to health care workers. This review examines how the introduction of afterloading eliminated exposure and ushered in a brachytherapy renaissance.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathradiationoncology_pubs/80
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Radiation Oncology
dc.source.pages479-87


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