CPB Ljubljana 2018 course book

IN BRACHYTHERAPY THE DOSE INSIDE THE TREATED VOLUME IS FAR HIGHER THAN THE PRESCRIBED DOSE

The inevitable dose gradient in BT ensures non- uniform dosage within the target volume and this extra-dose has its own biological effect

Hannoun-Levi JM et al. Dose gradient impact on equivalent dose at 2Gy for high dose rate interstitial brachytherapy. J Contemp Brachyther 2012; 4,1:12-20