Clinical Experience in the use of high dose rate endocavitary Radiation (Ralstron-20) in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

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Muhammad Saeed Khan

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is an extremely difficult cancer to mange due to difficulty in diagnosis and proximity of pathology to vital structures like brain, spinal cord, eyes and ears. Over a period of 30 months, we have managed nine patients by radiotherapy for the primary tumour and all potential local and regional extensions by regime of combining external radiation with a high dose rate after loading radiation (Ralstron-20) the results are encouraging.

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Khan MS. Clinical Experience in the use of high dose rate endocavitary Radiation (Ralstron-20) in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Aug. 28 [cited 2024 Apr. 26];9(1). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/484
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