Image guided robotic interstitial brachytherapy, a new innovative treatment for malignancies

Abstract

Introduction: The evolution of brachytherapy has been refined over years, but many of the techniques remain unchanged. The limited utilisation of brachytherapy in comparison to conformal external radiotherapy may be due to its invasive approach, operative risk, technical challenge, time consuming, long learning curve and poor technological advancements. However, there is growing evidence for practicing hypo-fractionated regimes in many solid malignancies. The present article focus on the similar roles of image guided -robotic interstitial high dose rate brachytherapy with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as prototype.