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The recent surge in interest in high dose rate (HDR) remote afterloading and the availability of HDR equipment make it important to compare HDR techniques critically with the low dose rate (LDR) treatments they are replacing. Even though the HDR modality has been used for many years to treat a variety of diseases, far less experience has been gained with these techniques compared with conventional LDR brachytherapy. Hence, there is a reluctance on the part of many radiotherapists to even consider adoption of this new technology unless convincing evidence can be given to show that it represents an improvement.
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Orton, C.G. (1991). High and Low Dose Rate Remote Afterloading: A Critical Comparison. In: Sauer, R. (eds) Interventional Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84163-7_5
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