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Interstitial (radium) implants were used experimentally to treat “inoperable” breast cancers in the early 1920s (Keynes 1929). The routine use of interstitial brachytherapy in conservative breast cancer management became possible with the development of iridium-192 after-loading methods during the 1950s and 1960s (Pierquin et al. 1987b). While presently endocurietherapy methods are used less frequently than telebeam techniques to irradiate cancerous breast lesions, it is our opinion that interstitial brachytherapy can be particularly useful and effective in the conservative management of breast cancer when used in association with telebeam techniques, surgery, and systemic treatment.
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Baillet, F. (1991). Brachycurietherapy in Breast Cancer. In: Sauer, R. (eds) Interventional Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84163-7_21
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