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PERSPECTIVE ARTICLE

Interventional radiotherapy: CT-sim guided modern minimally invasive technique

Qiman Han1† Yi Chen1† Bin Qiu1 Zhe Ji1 Ping Jiang1* Junjie Wang1*
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1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
Submitted: 28 May 2024 | Accepted: 15 August 2024 | Published: 11 September 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

The concept of interventional radiology was introduced in 1976 as a new diagnostic and therapeutic method, relying on image guidance, such as X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging. Its indications mainly include obstructive diseases, and to a lesser extent, malignant tumors. Radiotherapy (RT) plays a pivotal role in the comprehensive treatment of cancer. The advent of the CT simulator has significantly enhanced the precision of RT and improvement outcomes and accelerated the development of a series of diagnostic and RT modalities, including puncture biopsy, fiducial marker implantation, high-dose rate after-loading after-loading brachytherapy, and radioactive seed implantation. The innovative concept of image-guidance interventional RT, inspired by interventional radiology, extends the benefits to not only cancer diagnosis but also RT. The image-guidance interventional RT advances the field of RT by expanding its indications and connotation.

Keywords
Intervention
Radiology
Radiotherapy
Carcinoma
Brachytherapy
Funding
None.
Conflict of interest
Junjie Wang and Ping Jiang are the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board Member of the journal, respectively, but were not in any way involved in the editorial and peer-review process conducted for this paper, directly or indirectly. Separately, other authors declared that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.
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