Guidelines


LDR-Brachytherapy:

  • Ash D, Flynn A, Battermann J, de Reijke T, Lavagnini P, Blank L; ESTRO/EAU Urological Brachytherapy Group; EORTC Radiotherapy Group. ESTRO/EAU/EORTC recommendations on permanent seed implantation for localized prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol. 2000 Dec;57(3):315-21. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11104892/

  • Salembier C, Lavagnini P, Nickers P, Mangili P, Rijnders A, Polo A, Venselaar J, Hoskin P. GEC ESTRO PROBATE Group. Tumour and target volumes in permanent prostate brachytherapy: a supplement to the ESTRO/EAU/EORTC recommendations on prostate brachytherapy. Radiother Oncol. 2007 Apr;83(1):3-10. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17321620/

  • Henry A, Pietes BR, André Siebert F, Hoskin P; UROGEC group of GEC ESTRO with endorsement by the European Association of Urology. GEC-ESTRO ACROP prostate brachytherapy guidelines. Radiother Oncol. 2022 Feb;167:244-251. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.12.047. Epub 2022 Jan 6. PMID: 34999134. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34999134/


HDR-Brachytherapy:

  • Hoskin PJ, Colombo A, Henry A, Niehoff P, Paulsen Hellebust T, Siebert FA, Kovacs G. GEC/ESTRO recommendations on high dose rate afterloading brachytherapy for localised prostate cancer: an update. Radiother Oncol. 2013 Jun;107(3):325-32. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23773409/

  • Henry A, Pietes BR, André Siebert F, Hoskin P; UROGEC group of GEC ESTRO with endorsement by the European Association of Urology. GEC-ESTRO ACROP prostate brachytherapy guidelines. Radiother Oncol. 2022 Feb;167:244-251. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.12.047. Epub 2022 Jan 6. PMID: 34999134. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34999134/


Prostate outlining guidelines:

  • Salembier C, Villeirs G, De Bari B, Hoskin P, Pieters BR, Van Vulpen M, Khoo V, Henry A, Bossi A, De Meerleer G, Fonteyne V. ESTRO ACROP consensus guideline on CT- and MRI-based target volume delineation for primary radiation therapy of localized prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol. 2018 Apr;127(1):49-61. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29496279/


Bladder:

  • Pieters BR, van der Steen-Banasik E, Smits GA, De Brabandere M, Bossi A, Van Limbergen E . GEC-ESTRO/ACROP recommendations for performing bladder-sparing treatment with brachytherapy for muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma. Radiother Oncol. 2017 Mar;122(3):340-346. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28049550/


  • Penile:

Crook JM, Haie-Meder C, Demanes DJ, Mazeron JJ, Martinez AA, Rivard MJ American Brachytherapy Society-Groupe Européen de Curiethérapie-European Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ABS-GEC-ESTRO) consensus statement for penile brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2013 May-Jun;12(3):191-8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23453681/