Application progress of 125I radioactive seeds interstitial implantation in brachytherapy of malignant solid tumors / 中国介入影像与治疗学

ABSTRACT

125I radioactive seeds interstitial implantation in brachytherapy of malignant solid tumors develop quickly, which had been used in treatment of various solid malignant tumors and obtained good effects, such as prostate carcinoma, malignant tumors of head and neck, intracranial malignant tumor, lung cancer and hepatoma, etc. However, there exist some problems, including the unclear disciplinary location, practitioner chaos, arbitrary clinical practice, non-uniform operating techniques and so on. The application progresses of 125I radioactive seeds interstitial implantation in brachytherapy of malignant solid tumors were reviewed in this article.