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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

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PET-CT image of a massive squamous cell carcinoma (7 × 5 cm2) in the upper left lung with metastasis in the superior border of the pericardium and mediastinum (3 × 4 cm2) in a 65-year-old woman (No. 13) (a). The metastasis region was treated with EBRT at a dose of 30 Gy (b) and the massive lung cancer region was implanted with iodine-125 seeds (red and purple dots) for brachytherapy (c) guided by CT. Thoracic CT image was tumor-free at 1-year follow-up (d), and showed no recurrence of cancer at 3-year follow-up (e)

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Radiation Oncology

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