Increased prescription dose for large vessel intravascular brachytherapy.

Kent WallnerKathleen E KearneyJasleen TiwanaNicole PristeraEdward Y KimLorenzo AzzaliniGeorge SandisonWilliam L LombardiCreighton DonMinsun Kim

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2023)

The authors' clinical impression, along with detailed review of the 10 cases, suggest that using a 34 Gy prescription dose at 2 mm from source center does not result in increased toxicity.

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