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Lung brachytherapy allows for the delivery of a highly conformal radiation dose for recurrent disease while sparing surrounding structures. Endobronchial brachytherapy enables delivery of radiation to sites of previously irradiated tissue in the lung, allowing for palliation of obstructive symptoms. Interstitial brachytherapy may be done at the time of surgery if there is concern for incomplete tumor resection or positive margins. Lung brachytherapy has been demonstrated in numerous studies to reduce local recurrence and improve disease-free survival. While toxicities are generally low (around 5 %), the most critical late toxicity is fatal hemoptysis.

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    Justin Mann MD, Alex Herskovic MD, Jonathan Chen MD, PhD, A. Gabriella Wernicke MD, MS & Bhupesh Parashar MD

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Mann, J., Herskovic, A., Chen, J., Wernicke, A.G., Parashar, B. (2017). Lung Brachytherapy. In: Mayadev, J., Benedict, S., Kamrava, M. (eds) Handbook of Image-Guided Brachytherapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44827-5_19

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