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Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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5/2021
vol. 13
 
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Gel spacer to protect carotid artery and reconstructed jejunum in image-guided interstitial brachytherapy for recurrent hypopharyngeal cancer: a technical report

Naoya Murakami
1
,
Yoshitaka Honma
2
,
Seiichi Yoshimoto
3
,
Satoshi Shima
1
,
Tairo Kashihara
1
,
Kana Takahashi
1
,
Tomoya Kaneda
1
,
Koji Inaba
1
,
Kae Okuma
1
,
Koji Masui
4
,
Ken Yoshida
5
,
Hiroshi Igaki
1
,
Jun Itami
1

  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  2. Head and Neck Medical Oncology Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan
  3. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan
  4. Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
  5. Department of Radiology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan
J Contemp Brachytherapy 2021; 13, 5: 583–587
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2021.109806
Online publish date: 2021/10/08
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In this technical report, patient with total pharyngolaryngectomy and jejunum interposition experienced lymph node metastasis in the reconstructed mesenteric lymph nodes. Because this patient received 45 Gy of whole neck radiation therapy 24 years ago and small bowel’s tolerance dose of the reconstructed jejunum was considered to be low, spacer gel injection was applied during image-guided interstitial brachytherapy to decrease doses to the reconstructed jejunum and previously irradiated carotid artery.
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hypopharyngeal cancer, interstitial brachytherapy, image-guided brachytherapy, gel spacer

  
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