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Intraoperative planning and evaluation of permanent prostate brachytherapy: report of the American Brachytherapy Society by Nag, S, Ciezki, J P, Cormack, R, Doggett, S, DeWyngaert, K, Edmundson, G K, Stock, R G, Stone, N N, Yu, Y, Zelefsky, M J

“…The preplanned technique used for permanent prostate brachytherapy has limitations that may be overcome by intraoperative planning. The goal of the American…”
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Direct evidence that prostate tumors show high sensitivity to fractionation (low alpha/beta ratio), similar to late-responding normal tissue by Brenner, David J, Martinez, Alvaro A, Edmundson, Gregory K, Mitchell, Christina, Thames, Howard D, Armour, Elwood P

“…A direct approach to the question of whether prostate tumors have an atypically high sensitivity to fractionation (low alpha/beta ratio), more typical of the…”
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Iridium-192 transperineal interstitial brachytherapy for locally advanced or recurrent gynecological malignancies by Gupta, A K, Vicini, F A, Frazier, A J, Barth-Jones, D C, Edmundson, G K, Mele, E, Gustafson, G S, Martinez, A A

“…To assess treatment outcome for patients with locally advanced or recurrent gynecological malignancies treated with continuous low-dose-rate (LDR) remote…”
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Dosimetric characteristics of the MammoSite RTS, a new breast brachytherapy applicator by Edmundson, Gregory K, Vicini, Frank A, Chen, Peter Y, Mitchell, Christina, Martinez, Alvaro A

“…A new device has been developed with the goal of making breast-conserving therapy more widely available, by making breast brachytherapy as monotherapy simpler…”
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Accelerated partial breast irradiation: a dosimetric comparison of three different techniques by Weed, Daniel W, Edmundson, Gregory K, Vicini, Frank A, Chen, Peter Y, Martinez, Alvaro A

“…We report the first single-institutional dosimetric comparison of patients treated with three forms of accelerated partial breast irradiation: interstitial HDR…”
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Matched-Pair Analysis of Conformal High–Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Boost Versus External-Beam Radiation Therapy Alone for Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer by KESTIN, L. L, MARTINEZ, A. A, STROMBERG, J. S, EDMUNDSON, G. K, GUSTAFSON, G. S, BRABBINS, D. S, CHEN, P. Y, VICINI, F. A

“…We performed a matched-pair analysis to compare our institution's experience in treating locally advanced prostate cancer with external-beam radiation therapy…”
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Interim report of image-guided conformal high-dose-rate brachytherapy for patients with unfavorable prostate cancer: the William Beaumont phase II dose-escalating trial by Martinez, A A, Kestin, L L, Stromberg, J S, Gonzalez, J A, Wallace, M, Gustafson, G S, Edmundson, G K, Spencer, W, Vicini, F A

“…We analyzed our institution's experience treating patients with unfavorable prostate cancer in a prospective Phase II dose-escalating trial of external beam…”
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Combination of external beam irradiation and multiple-site perineal applicator (MUPIT) for treatment of locally advanced or recurrent prostatic, anorectal, and gynecologic malignancies by Martinez, A, Edmundson, G K, Cox, R S, Gunderson, L L, Howes, A E

“…We have devised a single after-loading applicator, the Martinez Universal Perineal Interstitial Template (MUPIT), which has been used in combination with…”
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Use of three-dimensional radiation therapy planning tools and intraoperative ultrasound to evaluate high dose rate prostate brachytherapy implants by Kini, V R, Edmundson, G K, Vicini, F A, Jaffray, D A, Gustafson, G, Martinez, A A

“…We performed a pilot study to evaluate the quality of high dose rate (HDR) prostate implants using a new technique combining intraoperative real-time…”
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Analysis of failure following curative irradiation of gallbladder and extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma by Buskirk, S J, Gunderson, L L, Adson, M A, Martinez, A, May, G R, McIlrath, D C, Nagorney, D M, Edmundson, G K, Bender, C E, Martin, Jr, J K

“…Twenty patients with carcinoma of the gallbladder (GB-4 patients) or extrahepatic bile ducts (EHBD-16 patients) received radiation therapy with curative intent…”
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Dose-volume analysis for quality assurance of interstitial brachytherapy for breast cancer by Vicini, F A, Kestin, L L, Edmundson, G K, Jaffray, D A, Wong, J W, Kini, V R, Chen, P Y, Martinez, A A

“…The use of brachytherapy in the management of breast cancer has increased significantly over the past several years. Unfortunately, few techniques have been…”
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Improving the dosimetric coverage of interstitial high-dose-rate breast implants by Kestin, L L, Jaffray, D A, Edmundson, G K, Martinez, A A, Wong, J W, Kini, V R, Chen, P Y, Vicini, F A

“…We performed a retrospective computed tomography (CT)-based three-dimensional (3D) dose-volume analysis of high-dose-rate (HDR) interstitial breast implants to…”
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Low-dose-rate brachytherapy as the sole radiation modality in the management of patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy: preliminary results of a pilot trial by Vicini, F A, Chen, P Y, Fraile, M, Gustafson, G S, Edmundson, G K, Jaffray, D A, Benitez, P, Pettinga, J, Madrazo, B, Ingold, J A, Goldstein, N S, Matter, R C, Martinez, A A

“…We present the preliminary findings of our in-house protocol treating the tumor bed alone after lumpectomy with low-dose-rate (LDR) interstitial brachytherapy…”
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Intraoperative optimization of needle placement and dwell times for conformal prostate brachytherapy by Edmundson, G K, Yan, D, Martinez, A A

“…Traditionally, transperineal prostate brachytherapy has been heavily operator dependent. To overcome this limitation, a treatment planning method was developed…”
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Implementation of 3D-virtual brachytherapy in the management of breast cancer: a description of a new method of interstitial brachytherapy by Vicini, F A, Jaffray, D A, Horwitz, E M, Edmundson, G K, DeBiose, D A, Kini, V R, Martinez, A A

“…We present the initial description of a new technique of interstitial breast brachytherapy in which a computer-generated image of an implant template is…”
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The use of ultrasonography in the localization of the lumpectomy cavity for interstitial brachytherapy of the breast by DeBiose, D A, Horwitz, E M, Martinez, A A, Edmundson, G K, Chen, P Y, Gustafson, G S, Madrazo, B, Wimbish, K, Mele, E, Vicini, F A

“…To determine the value of breast ultrasonography (US) in defining the lumpectomy cavity for patients treated with interstitial brachytherapy. In March 1993, a…”
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Long-term outcome with interstitial brachytherapy in the management of patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy by Vicini, F A, Horwitz, E M, Lacerna, M D, Dmuchowski, C F, Brown, D M, White, J, Chen, P Y, Edmundson, G K, Gustafson, G S, Clarke, D H, Matter, R C, Martinez, A A

“…We reviewed our institution's experience with interstitial implant boosts to determine their long-term impact on local control and cosmetic results. Between…”
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99 Dose specification for realtime computergenerated implants by Edmundson, Gregory K., Gustafson, Gary S., Martinez, Alvaro A.

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Concurrent treatment planning for outpatient high dose rate prostate template implants by Edmundson, G K, Rizzo, N R, Teahan, M, Brabbins, D, Vicini, F A, Martinez, A

“…Since November of 1991, we have treated locally advanced (B2-C) prostate cancer using external beam radiotherapy integrated with outpatient high dose rate…”
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182 Adaptive interstitial HDR breast implants by Edmundson, Gregory K., Vicini, Frank A., Chen, Peter Y., Martinez, Alvaro A.

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