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Anesthesia and Radiotherapy Suite

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Radiotherapy is an important treatment modality for several cancers. Brachytherapy involves the placement of radioactive material inside of the body. External Beam Radiation uses a machine to deliver radiation from outside of the body. The anesthesia technique for brachytherapy will depend on several factors including the area of the body, length of case and anesthesia provider availability. It may further be complicated by the need to transport the patient to an MRI or CT scanner. External Beam Radiation in adults does not usually require anesthesia. However, if it is required, usually sedation with propofol is adequate.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Kara M. Barnett MD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H-3580, MC 5640, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Amy Catherine Lu MD, MPH

  3. Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue #C330F, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Luis E. Tollinche MD

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  1. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Basavana G. Goudra

  2. All India Inst. Med. Sci. (AIIMS), New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Preet Mohinder Singh

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Barnett, K.M., Lu, A.C., Tollinche, L.E. (2017). Anesthesia and Radiotherapy Suite. In: Goudra, B.G., Singh, P.M. (eds) Out of Operating Room Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39150-2_25

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