A chronological database to support outcomes research in prostate cancerLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York 11570, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56:1252-8. 2003
..To outline the process for developing a data management system for patients with prostate cancer...
Permanent prostate brachytherapy in men with clinically localised prostate cancerL Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York 11570, USA
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 15:301-15. 2003
..Treatment planning techniques that use new treatment planning computers may assist in improving the implant procedure and dosimetry and are now available...
Toward a dynamic real-time intraoperative permanent prostate brachytherapy methodologyLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Brachytherapy 2:172-80. 2003
..To evaluate dosimetry and source location relative to CT-based dosimetry when performing real-time dynamic permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB) with inverse treatment planning...
12-year outcomes following permanent prostate brachytherapy in patients with clinically localized prostate cancerLouis Potters
New York Prostate Institute at South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, New York 11572, USA
J Urol 173:1562-6. 2005
..We reviewed the outcomes in men treated with permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB)...
Is there a role for postimplant dosimetry after real-time dynamic permanent prostate brachytherapy?Louis Potters
New York Prostate Institute, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY 11572, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65:1014-9. 2006
..To evaluate the correlation of real-time dynamic prostate brachytherapy (RTDPB) dosimetry and traditional postimplant dosimetry for permanent prostate brachytherapy...
Stereotactic body radiation therapyLouis Potters
South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, New York 11572, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 2:676-80. 2005
..This review summarizes the state of stereotactic body radiation in 2005...
Multi-institutional analysis of long-term outcome for stages T1-T2 prostate cancer treated with permanent seed implantationMichael J Zelefsky
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67:327-33. 2007
..To assess long-term prostate-specific antigen (PSA) outcome after permanent prostate brachytherapy (BT) and identify predictors of improved disease-free survival...
The effect of isotope selection on the prostate-specific antigen response in patients treated with permanent prostate brachytherapyLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, USA
Brachytherapy 2:26-31. 2003
..To assess the difference in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response kinetics in patients undergoing either (125)I or (103)Pd permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB)...
Multicenter analysis of effect of high biologic effective dose on biochemical failure and survival outcomes in patients with Gleason score 7-10 prostate cancer treated with permanent prostate brachytherapyNelson N Stone
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73:341-6. 2009
..To investigate the biochemical control rates and survival for Gleason score 7-10 prostate cancer patients undergoing permanent prostate brachytherapy as a function of the biologic effective dose (BED)...
Customized dose prescription for permanent prostate brachytherapy: insights from a multicenter analysis of dosimetry outcomesNelson N Stone
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69:1472-7. 2007
..To investigate the biochemical control rate in patients undergoing permanent prostate brachytherapy as a function of the biologically effective dose (BED) and risk group...
Monotherapy for stage T1-T2 prostate cancer: radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy, or permanent seed implantationLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Radiother Oncol 71:29-33. 2004
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Importance of implant dosimetry for patients undergoing prostate brachytherapyLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York, USA
Urology 62:1073-7. 2003
..Overall, the reported 10-year BFR rates in this study were favorable. Strategies for ensuring the best quality implant should be used and, when reporting brachytherapy outcomes, the implant quality should be noted...
The prognostic significance of Gleason Grade in patients treated with permanent prostate brachytherapyLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56:749-54. 2003
..To assess the difference in biochemical freedom from relapse (BFR) between patients with clinically localized prostate cancer having Gleason Grade (GG) 3 + 4 vs. 4 + 3 disease treated with permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB)...
Prognostic significance of race on biochemical control in patients with localized prostate cancer treated with permanent brachytherapy: multivariate and matched-pair analysesLucille N Lee
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Center, NY 11570, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 53:282-9. 2002
..This result is consistent with other studies that also show that race does not contribute to differences in outcome after definitive therapies for localized prostate cancer...
American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for transrectal ultrasound-guided permanent prostate brachytherapyBrian J Davis
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Brachytherapy 11:6-19. 2012
..To provide updated American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) guidelines for transrectal ultrasound-guided transperineal interstitial permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB)...
Radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy <72 Gy, external beam radiotherapy > or =72 Gy, permanent seed implantation, or combined seeds/external beam radiotherapy for stage T1-T2 prostate cancerPatrick A Kupelian
Department of Radiation Oncology, M D Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL 32806, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58:25-33. 2004
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Comparison of biochemical failure definitions for permanent prostate brachytherapyDeborah A Kuban
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65:1487-93. 2006
..To assess prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure definitions for patients with Stage T1-T2 prostate cancer treated by permanent prostate brachytherapy...
A comprehensive and novel predictive modeling technique using detailed pathology factors in men with localized prostate carcinomaLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York 11570, USA
Cancer 95:1451-6. 2002
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External radiotherapy and permanent prostate brachytherapy in patients with localized prostate cancerLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, USA
Brachytherapy 1:36-41. 2002
..Cox regression failed to identify an improvement in PSA-FFR with RT-PPB or the addition of hormones. Although these conclusions question the role for RT-PPB, only a comparative trial will be able to answer this question definitively...
Interstitial implant alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer: a survey of practice patterns in the United StatesSteven J Frank
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Brachytherapy 6:2-8. 2007
..This study is aimed at understanding and defining the current patterns of care with respect to prostate brachytherapy for patients with intermediate-risk localized disease in the combined academic and community setting...
Impact of intraoperative edema during transperineal permanent prostate brachytherapy on computer-optimized and preimplant planning techniquesYoshiya Yamada
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 26:e130-5. 2003
..Preplanned patients who encountered a greater degree of intraoperative edema had less %D90 target coverage...
Assessment of external beam radiation technology for dose escalation and normal tissue protection in the treatment of prostate cancerAlan Pollack
Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 70:671-7. 2008
Nomograms for clinically localized prostate cancer. Part II: radiation therapyLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Center, NY 11570, USA
Semin Urol Oncol 20:131-9. 2002
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American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and American College of Radiology practice guideline for the performance of stereotactic body radiation therapyLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 60:1026-32. 2004
Examining the role of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation in patients undergoing prostate brachytherapyL Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, USA
J Clin Oncol 18:1187-92. 2000
..To assess the role of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation (NAAD) and transperineal interstitial permanent prostate brachytherapy (TIPPB) using a matched-pair analysis selected from a large cohort of patients undergoing TIPPB...
Permanent prostate brachytherapy: lessons learned, lessons to learnL Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 14:981-91; discussion 991-2, 997-9. 2000
..Treatment planning techniques that utilize new imaging modalities, coupled with computerized treatment planning, may help improve the implant procedure and dosimetry...
A theoretical derivation of the nomograms for permanent prostate brachytherapyX H Wang
Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York 11570, USA
Med Phys 28:683-7. 2001
..Thus in theory, use of lower activity seeds will require less total activity to deliver a prescribed dose. Based on our study, Pd-103 delivers a higher therapeutic ratio and a lower integral dose to the patient compared to I-125...
Urinary morbidity following ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate seed implantationD Y Gelblum
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 45:59-67. 1999
..To assess the urinary morbidity experienced by patients undergoing ultrasound-guided, permanent transperineal seed implantation for adenocarcinoma of the prostate...
A comprehensive review of CT-based dosimetry parameters and biochemical control in patients treated with permanent prostate brachytherapyL Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York 11570, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 50:605-14. 2001
..This study was undertaken to assess the recommended dosimetry parameters from a large cohort of patients undergoing TIPPB that would predict for PSA relapse-free survival (PSA-RFS)...
The role of external radiotherapy in patients treated with permanent prostate brachytherapyL Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, USA
Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 5:47-53. 2002
..A matched pair analysis performed also failed to identify any significant difference based on treatment modality...
Potency after permanent prostate brachytherapy for localized prostate cancerL Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Center, NY 11570, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 50:1235-42. 2001
..The evaluation of potency preservation after treatment of localized prostate cancer with transperineal permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB) and the efficacy of sildenafil were studied...
Rectal complications associated with transperineal interstitial brachytherapy for prostate cancerD Y Gelblum
Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Center, New York, NY 11570, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 48:119-24. 2000
..This clinical report documents rectal toxicity from a large cohort of men treated by a single practitioner for adenocarcinoma of the prostate...
Critical organ dosimetry in permanent seed prostate brachytherapy: defining the organs at riskJuanita M Crook
Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Brachytherapy 4:186-94. 2005
..We set out to examine the existing data and propose a uniform method of reporting such that results from different centers can more easily be compared...
Dynamic dose-feedback prostate brachytherapy in patients with large prostates and/or planned transurethral surgery before implantationPeter L Acher
Guy s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
BJU Int 99:1066-71. 2007
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Permanent prostate brachytherapy: Dosimetric results and analysis of a learning curve with a dynamic dose-feedback techniquePeter Acher
Department of Urology, Guy s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65:694-8. 2006
..The purpose of this study is to assess the dosimetric learning curve associated with this approach...
The art of radiation oncology?Louis Potters
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68:966-7. 2007
Practice guideline for the performance of therapy with unsealed radiopharmaceutical sourcesGary L Dillehay
American College of Radiology, Reston, VA, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 64:1299-307. 2006
A multicenter study demonstrating discordant results from electronic prostate-specific antigen biochemical failure calculation systemsScott G Williams
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65:1494-500. 2006
..To evaluate the interobserver variation of four electronic biochemical failure (bF) calculators using three bF definitions...