OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Sensitivity of contributing factors to heterogeneity corrections in dosimetry of ocular brachytherapy using iodine-125 COMS plaques	14
Urinary tract symptoms that should be improved to enhance post-operative urinary quality of life in patients treated with low-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer: An importance–performance ana	12
Evaluation of risk factors for difficult-to-control pain (VAS score > 3) at two months after late-stage non-small cell lung cancer treatment with iodine-125 radioactive particle implantation combin	11
3D printing of individual skin brachytherapy applicator: design, manufacturing, and early clinical results	10
Dosimetric impact of applying a model-based dose calculation algorithm for skin cancer brachytherapy (interventional radiotherapy)	10
The application of 3D brachytherapy in cervical stump cancer: A retrospective study	9
Skin marker for MR-only surface high-dose-rate brachytherapy	9
Variations and effects of bladder and rectal volume following uniform preparation procedure in cervical cancer: Five fractions of 6 Gy	9
Three-year outcomes of uveal melanoma treated with intra-operative ultrasound-guided iodine-125 brachytherapy using custom-built eye plaques	8
Clinical and dosimetric outcomes of carcinoma cervix patients treated with MRI only at first fraction, followed by CT-based image-guided brachytherapy for subsequent fractions	8
Clinical implementation of three-dimensional standardized template-guided brachytherapy for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer	7
Pain and symptom relief using inhaled methoxyflurane for gynecologic brachytherapy applicator removal	7
Technical details and clinical outcomes after high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of external auditory canal and external beam radiotherapy for nodal coverage: A c	7
Dosimetric comparison of AcurosTM BV and AAPM TG-43 formalism for interstitial iridium-192 high-dose-rate brachytherapy	7
Focal salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy with implantable rectum spacer for locally recurrent prostate cancer after initial low-dose-rate with grade 3 rectal toxicity	6
Dose differentiated high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy: a feasibility assessment of MRI-guided dose escalation to dominant intra-prostatic lesions	6
Interstitial brachytherapy for internal mammary node in breast cancer: A case report	6
Freiburg flap used as vaginal applicator with/without free-hand interstitial needles in three-dimensional high-dose-rate brachytherapy for vaginal stump recurrence of cervical cancer	6
Hydrogel spacer injection to the meso-sigmoid to protect the sigmoid colon in cervical cancer brachytherapy: A technical report	6
A retrospective study on unresectable or inoperable head and neck cancers treated with stereotactic ablative brachytherapy	6
Control charts for evaluation of quality of low-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer	6
Brachytherapy for uterine cervix-limited acute myeloid leukemia relapse	6
Why is a very easy, useful, old technique underused? An overview of esophageal brachytherapy – interventional radiotherapy	6
Clinical implementation of failure modes and effects analysis for gynecological high-dose-rate brachytherapy	6
Salvage percutaneous high-dose-rate brachyablation after stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer	5

Auxetic solution for enhanced esophageal brachytherapy applicator	5
Is perioperative brachytherapy effective in carcinoma of the tongue?	5
Narrowing the difference in dose delivery for IOERT and IOBT for locally advanced and locally recurrent rectal cancer	5
Comparison of dosimetric analysis of organs at risk and target volumes for ovoids and cylinders in endometrial carcinoma	5
Comparison of vaginal gauze packing technique with or without balloon in high-dose-rate brachytherapy of uterine cervical cancer: a crossover randomized controlled trial	5
Are active dwell positions always necessary in the ring/ovoids channel of the cervical applicator in the intracavitary-interstitial brachytherapy of cervical cancer?	5
Automatic contouring using deformable image registration for tandem-ring or tandem-ovoid brachytherapy	5
Development of GUI-based simple independent dose calculation software without DICOM data transfer for high-dose-rate brachytherapy	4
Deep learning-based auto-segmentation model for clinical target volume delineation in brachytherapy after parotid cancer surgery	4
Injectable bio-absorbable spacers in brachytherapy for gynecological cancers: A scoping review	4
Validation of the bladder neck as an important organ at risk in prostate seed brachytherapy based on D2cc: A single-institution, retrospective review	4
Advanced non-melanoma skin cancer in elderly patients: When surgery says NO, interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) says YES	4
Brachytherapy infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and quest for cervical cancer elimination	4
Intensity-modulated vaginal brachytherapy applicator and single- and multi-channel applicators in vaginal cuff brachytherapy	4
Comprehensive analysis of dosimetry correlation and clinical outcomes in image-guided brachytherapy vs. intensity-modulated radiotherapy photon boost after whole breast hypofractionated radiation in p	4
Letter to the Editor-in-Chief regarding “Adjuvant pulse-dose-rate brachytherapy for oral cavity and oropharynx carcinoma: Outcome and toxicity assessment of 66 patients”	4
Augmented reality in brachytherapy: A narrative review	4
Combined CT-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy (CT-HDRBT) and transarterial chemoembolization with irinotecan-loaded microspheres improve local tumor control and progression-free survival in patients	3
Efficacy of medial needles in mitigating dose deficits from sub-optimally inserted tandems in cervical interstitial brachytherapy	3
X-ray spectra emitted by the electronic brachytherapy unit Papillon 50 measured with a CdTe spectrometer	3
Quality of life and sexual functioning among endometrial cancer patients treated with one week adjuvant high-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy schedule	3
Safety of high-dose-rate brachytherapy in patients with prostate cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: A case series	3
Prognostic factors for IB2-IIIB cervical cancer patients treated by radiation therapy with high-dose-rate brachytherapy in a single-institution study	3
Bevacizumab increases late toxicity in re-irradiation with image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies	3
Safety and efficacy of iridium-192 high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for pleural and chest wall tumours: preliminary results	3
Pre-operative high-dose-rate brachytherapy in early-stage cervical cancer: long-term single-center results	3
Where are we with fractionation schedules and prescriptions in high-dose-rate 3D planning vaginal cuff brachytherapy?	3
Brachytherapy dose changes: comparing in-room and out-room image-guided brachytherapy. A randomized study	3
Impact of androgen deprivation therapy in patients with unfavorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer receiving brachytherapy-based dose-escalated radiation therapy	3
Feasibility and efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided iodine-125 seed implantation in inoperable ampullary carcinoma: initial clinical experience	3
MRI-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer treatment: The significance of bladder morphology in dose distribution planning	3
Ophthalmic applicator displacement as a method of treating large diffuse uveal melanomas	3
Inter-observer variation of target volume delineation for CT-guided cervical cancer brachytherapy	3
Early clinical outcomes of hybrid brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer: making adverse situations in a favorable scenario	3
Investigation of in vivo source tracking error thresholds for interstitial and intra-cavitary high-dose-rate cervical brachytherapy	3
Effect of applicator removal from target volume for cervical cancer patients treated with Venezia high-dose-rate brachytherapy applicator	3
Differential outcomes of re-stratified high-risk prostate cancer patients treated with external beam radiation therapy plus high-dose-rate brachytherapy boost	3
Iodine-125 seeds insertion with trans-arterial chemical infusion for advanced lung cancer: a meta-analysis	3
Personalized brachytherapy in gynecological cancers: procedural narrative in patients with a poor response or challenging anatomy after chemoradiation	3
Dosimetric comparison of two afterloaders and treatment planning systems in vaginal high-dose-rate brachytherapy	3