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HDR Brachytherapy Mono-therapy

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Posted 15 Sep 2023 at 17:37

Hi All, 

I’m try to find anyone who has had, or ever heard of anyone who has had,  HDR Brachytherapy as a mono treatment- i.e just two sessions of HDR Brachytherapy.

thank you

Gary

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Posted 15 Sep 2023 at 18:35

Mount Vernon offers it, but not everywhere that does HDR brachy offers it as a monotherapy. I'm not sure what the selection criteria would be, except it could be used in any case where LDR brachy was suitable.

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Posted 15 Sep 2023 at 19:03
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Posted 15 Sep 2023 at 19:19

It used to be done as two fractions, 2 weeks apart, as in that thread.

Mount Vernon now do it as two fractions a day apart, so you stay in hospital overnight, rather than coming back 2 weeks later.

(Actually, if you go back 8+ years, it was usually 4 fractions, but I doubt anywhere does it like that any more.)

I had a single HDR fraction, but that was combined with external beam radiotherapy (HDR Boost).

 
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