2017 ABS共识声明：软组织肉瘤近距离放射治疗.pdf

Brachytherapy - (2017) - American Brachytherapy Society consensus statement for soft tissue sarcoma brachytherapy 1 1 2 3 4 3,5 A.O. Naghavi , D.C. Fernandez , N. Mesko , A. Juloori , A. Martinez , J.G. Scott , C. Shah3,*,5, L.B. Harrison1,5 1 Radiation Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 2Department of Orthopedics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 3Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 421st Century Oncology/Michigan Health Care Professionals, Farmington Hills, MI ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Radiation therapy represents an essential treatment option in the management of soft tissue sarcomas (STS). Brachytherapy represents an important subset of radiation therapy tech- niques used for STS, with evolving indications and applications. Therefore, the purpose of this guideline was to update clinicians regarding the data surrounding brachytherapy (BT) and provide recommendations for the utilization of BT in patients with STS. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Members of the American Brachytherapy Society with exper- tise in STS, and STS BT in particular, created an updated guideline for the use of BT in STS based on a literature review and clini