Wound complications and local recurrence do not differ when using interstitial brachytherapy versus external beam radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma
Incidence of wound complications and oncologic outcomes did not statistically differ between BT and EBRT cohorts. In this institutional cohort of appropriately selected STS patients, BT was not inferior to EBRT with respect to wound complication rates and local control.
Authors
- Precious C. Oyem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-5556)
- Zachary D. C. Burke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9601-0956)
- Jacob G. Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2971-7673)
- Shauna R. Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4486-0294)
- Nathan W. Mesko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-5618)
- Lukas M. Nystrom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-2680)
- Haley Prough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3951-831X)
- Martina E. Hale
Institutions
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (US)
- McLaren Greater Lansing (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brachytherapy
- Published
- 2025-07-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brachy.2025.06.003
- Primary Topic
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00