Temporary radiation therapy

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1985-12-30

1987-11-17

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

A61N 512, A61M 3704

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047066520

ABSTRACT:
A delivery system for temporary radiation therapy comprising a sheet of material which is absorbable within the human body and having a plurality of parallel passages therein. The sheet is sutured to an area of the body which is to be treated and a catheter is inserted in each passage and extends to the exterior of the body. A tube carrying a plurality of radioactive seeds dispersed therein is inserted in each catheter. After a period of treatment, the tubes and catheters are removed and the carrier remains in the body.

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Goffinet, PCT WO85/02779, Jul. 4, 1985.
Martinez et al., Int. J. Rod. Oncology Biol. Phys. vol. 5, No. 3, Mar. 1979, pp. 411-413.

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