afterloading

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afterloading

[′af·tər‚lōd·iŋ]

(medicine)

Placing nonradioactive holders in a patient during an operative procedure to provide radiographic information used for dosimetric evaluation, and to receive the radioactive sources during the course of postoperative treatment.

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Elekta's Flexitron afterloading platforms ordered by UK's NHS Supply Chain

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Elekta's Flexitron afterloading platforms ordered by UK's NHS Supply Chain

Flexitron is a remote afterloading platform that offers a simple, intuitive brachytherapy workflow.

Pennsylvania Hospitals closes acquisition of Advanced Cancer Management Systems

In eight patients, an adrenalectomy was performed, one patient with bilateral adrenal metastasis was treated with afterloading, and one metastasis remained untreated due to severe tumor progress and reduced physical condition of the patient.

Adrenal Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients following Liver Resection or Liver Transplantation: Experience from a Tertiary Referral Center

Results of high dose rate afterloading brachytherapy boost to conventional external beam radiation therapy for initial and locally advanced prostate cancer.

The best method for dose escalation: prostate brachytherapy

Reevaluation of hemodynamic consequences of positive pressure ventilation: emphasis on cyclic right ventricular afterloading by mechanical lung inflation.

A clinician's guide to predicting fluid responsiveness in critical illness: applied physiology and research methodology

Major advances have occurred in the radiation exposure to patients and staff and remote afterloading (Fig.

Cancer of the cervix remains a very common female cancer in South Africa

Nucletron is the world leader in remote afterloading brachytherapy, supplying the majority of all systems worldwide.

Nucletron awarded patents for automating permanent seed

- The China Food and Drug Administration has approved Swedish medical device maker Elekta's (EKTA-B.ST) Flexitron brachytherapy afterloading platform for sale and marketing in China, the company said on Thursday.

Elekta Flexitron Brachytherapy Treatment Approved for China Market

This Bolivian order also includes Elekta's Flexitron remote afterloading platform for brachytherapy delivery, an essential component in the treatment of gynaecologic cancers.