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Radioactive seed migration after prostate brachytherapy with iodine-125 using loose seeds versus stranded seeds
Carlos A S Franca1, Sergio L Vieira, Antonio C P Carvalho
1Brazilian Institute of Oncology and Radioterapia Botafogo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. carlosfranca@cremerj.org.br
Objectives:
To assess the incidence and clinical parameters that could influence migration of seeds in localized prostate cancer patients treated by stranded versus loose sources by Iodine-125 brachytherapy.
Materials And Methods:
100 patients were treated from January/1998 until December/2006. Age, PSA, clinical stage, Gleason, prostate volume, number of seeds, activity of radioactive seeds, and dosimetric parameters, such as V100, V150 and D90 were evaluated.
Results:
Mean follow-up was 79 months (18 - 120. CI 95%: 72 - 85). Overall, 6 of 100 patients experienced seed migration. Seed migration was found in 4/50 (8%) patients using loose seeds and in 2/50 (4%) treated by stranded seeds. Mean value dosimetric parameters for stranded seeds were greater than those for loose seeds (V100(%): 88.7/82, D90(Gy): 149.2/140.3, D90(%): 104.2/93.8, V150 (%): 53.8/47, respectively). No significant difference in migration of seeds was detected between loose and stranded seeds considering age (p = 0.33), PSA (p = 0.391), prostate volume (p = 0.397), activity of radioactive seeds (p = 0.109), number of seeds (p = 0.338), V100 (p = 0.332), although significant differences were measured in the values of D90(% and Gy) (p = 0.022 and 0.011) and V150 (p = 0.023).
Conclusions:
Seed migration after brachytherapy might occur and it does affect post-implant dosimetry.
