2010
Impact of source‐production revision on the dose‐rate constant of interstitial brachytherapy sources
Chen Z, Bongiorni P, Nath R. Impact of source‐production revision on the dose‐rate constant of interstitial brachytherapy sources. Medical Physics 2010, 37: 3607-3610. PMID: 20831068, PMCID: PMC2902542, DOI: 10.1118/1.3453766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResponse to “Comment on ‘AAPM recommendations on dose prescription and reporting methods for permanent interstitial brachytherapy for prostate cancer: Report of Task Group 137’” [Med. Phys. 36, 5310–5322 (2009)]
Nath R, Bice WS, Butler WM, Chen Z, Meigooni AS, Narayana V, Rivard MJ, Yu Y. Response to “Comment on ‘AAPM recommendations on dose prescription and reporting methods for permanent interstitial brachytherapy for prostate cancer: Report of Task Group 137’” [Med. Phys. 36, 5310–5322 (2009)]. Medical Physics 2010, 37: 1933-1933. PMID: 20443515, DOI: 10.1118/1.3358143.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
On the Need to Compensate for Edema-Induced Dose Reductions in Preplanned 131Cs Prostate Brachytherapy
Chen ZJ, Deng J, Roberts K, Nath R. On the Need to Compensate for Edema-Induced Dose Reductions in Preplanned 131Cs Prostate Brachytherapy. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2007, 70: 303-310. PMID: 17980500, PMCID: PMC2289996, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose reductionProstate brachytherapyDose compensationLarge edemaBiochemical recurrence-free survivalRecurrence-free survivalSignificant dose reductionEffects of edemaSublethal damage repairAdditional irradiationPrescription doseProstate cancerIndividual patientsEdemaEdema evolutionPrescribed doseProstate edemaEffective doseRadiobiologic effectsBrachytherapyDoseProstate implantsDose responseImplants
2006
Potential impact of prostate edema on the dosimetry of permanent seed implants using the new (model CS‐1) seeds
Chen Z, Deng J, Roberts K, Nath R. Potential impact of prostate edema on the dosimetry of permanent seed implants using the new (model CS‐1) seeds. Medical Physics 2006, 33: 968-975. PMID: 16696473, DOI: 10.1118/1.2179170.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Dose rate constant of a Cesium‐131 interstitial brachytherapy seed measured by thermoluminescent dosimetry and gamma‐ray spectrometry
Chen Z, Bongiorni P, Nath R. Dose rate constant of a Cesium‐131 interstitial brachytherapy seed measured by thermoluminescent dosimetry and gamma‐ray spectrometry. Medical Physics 2005, 32: 3279-3285. PMID: 16372409, DOI: 10.1118/1.2098127.Peer-Reviewed Original Research