Table 4 Seed migration literature review
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Percentage of patients with migration | Â | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authors | Year | Number of patients | Numbers of PI/PI + EBRT | Isotope | Lung | Others | Lung + Others | Percentage of total seeds | Time of checking for migration |
Grimm et al. [21] | 1993 | 221 | 221/0 | I-125/Pd-103 (loose) | 17.6 | - | - | - | Day 1 |
Nag et al. [22] | 1997 | 107 | 107/0 | Pd-103 (loose) | 17.8 | - | - | 0.3 (lung) | 1 month |
Tapen et al. [23] | 1998 | 289 | 244/45 | I-125/Pd-103 (loose, linked) | 5.9 (loose 11.0, linked 0.7 ) | - | - | - | Day 1 |
Merrick et al. [10] | 2000 | 175 | 73/102 | I-125/Pd-103 (loose, linked) | 21.8 (loose 22.2, linked 21.4) | - | - | 0.22 (lung) | <14 days, or >30 days |
Older et al. [11] | 2001 | 110 | 110/0 | Pd-103 (loose) | 29.0 | - | - | - | 1-16 months |
Ankem et al. [24] | 2002 | 58 | Unknown | I-125/Pd-103 (loose) | 36.2 | - | - | 0.72 (lung) | 15-90 days (median 45 days) |
Eshleman et al. [19] | 2004 | 100 | 100/0 | I-125/Pd-103 (loose) | 55.0 | - | - | 0.98 (lung) | 2-3 months |
Chauveinc et al. [25] | 2004 | 170 | 170/0 | I-125 (loose) | 16.0 | - | - | 0.26 (lung) | 2 months |
Kunos et al. [26] | 2004 | 120 | 120/0 | I-125/Pd-103 (loose) | 43.0 | - | - | 0.54 (lung), 0.33 (pelvis) | Median 133 days |
Fueller et al. [20] | 2004 | 37 | 37/0 | I-125/Pd-103 (loose) | 24.0 | 5.4 | - | 0.193 (lung), 0.035 (pelvis) | 3-12 months |
| Â | Â | 23 | 23/0 | I-125/Pd-103 (linked) | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 3-12 months |
Stone et al. [12] | 2005 | 238 | 199/39 | I-125/Pd103 | 1.7 | - | - | - | Median 30 months |
Saibishkumar et al. [13] | 2009 | 20 | 20/0 | I-125 (loose) | 20.0 | - | - | 0.23 | 1 month |
| Â | Â | 20 | 20/0 | I-125 (linked) | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 month |
Kono et al. [8] | 2010 | 62 | 62/0 | I-125 (loose) | - | - | 69.4 | 0.87 (lung), 1.4 (abdomen + pelvis + thigh) | 1 month (scintigraphy) |
Sugawara et al. [9] | 2011 | 267 | 265/2 | I-125 (loose) | 22.2 | 7.9 | - | 0.36 (lung), 0.11 (abdomen + pelvis) | Median 41 months |
Taussky et al. [7] | 2012 | 495 | 495/0 | I-125 (loose) | 10.3 | - | 22.8 | 0.26 (lung), 0.58 (lung + others) | 1 month |
Miyazawa et al. [29] | 2012 | 121 | 116/5 | I-125 (loose) | - | - | 25.6 | 0.65 (total), 0.28 (lung), 0.34 (others) | 12 months |
Ishiyama et al. [42] | 2014 | 66 | 66/0 | I-125 (loose) | 30.0 | 39.3 (abdominopelvis) | 52* | - | 1 month |
| Â | Â | 74 | 74/0 | I-125 (linked) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 month |
J-POPS | 2015 | 1641 | 1641/0 | I-125 (loose) | 14.6 | 11.1 | 22.7 | 0.49 (lung+others) | Day 1 to 3 months |
| Â | Â | 519 | 0/519 | I-125 (loose) | 11.2 | 8.5 | 18.1 | 0.53 (lung+others) | Day 1 to 3 months |