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Fig. 3 | Radiation Oncology

Fig. 3

From: Repeated iodine-125 seed implantations combined with external beam radiotherapy for the treatment of locally recurrent or metastatic stage III/IV non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

Fig. 3

CT images of a squamous cell lung carcinoma in the lower left lung in a 56-year-old man (No. 3) with brain metastasis: (a) before treatment; (b) 12 months after the first iodine-125 seed implantation of iodine-125 seeds; (c) 30 months after the first implantation showing a recurrent tumor mass (8 × 4 cm2) in the lower left thoracic cavity; (d) 33 months after the first, i.e. 3 months after the second implantation, showing that the tumor size had decreased by 50 %; (e) during the third implantation, i.e., 42 months after the first implantation, showing metastasis on the right side of the chest wall; (f) Immediately after the third implantation

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