Development and implementation of a brachytherapy procedure scoring system to optimize clinic and physics staffing schedule: A retrospective study of a single institution with a busy brachytherapy program.

Purpose: Brachytherapy (BT) is a time and resource intensive treatment modality. Constraints to efficiency and throughput include resource, staff and physician availability. Herein, we introduce a daily BT procedure scorecard, designed to ensure adequate resource allocation based on the type of procedure(s) being performed.

Re-treatment of locally recurrent uveal melanoma with repeat eye plaque I-125 brachytherapy: A single institution experience.

Purpose: Eye plaque brachytherapy (EPBT) is the most common treatment for uveal melanoma with high local control rates of 95-100%. When local recurrences occur following EPBT, salvage options include enucleation, transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT), external beam radiation, or re-irradiation with EPBT. The purpose of this study is to report our institution's experience with EPBT re-irradiation for locally recurrent uveal melanoma.

Retrospective Analysis of Radiation-Induced Complications of Uveal Melanoma Patients Treated With Brachytherapy in the Era of Anti-VEGF.

Purpose: To associate clinical factors and radiation doses delivered by iodine-125 plaque brachytherapy to visual outcomes and development of radiation-induced ocular complications in patients with uveal melanoma in the era of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed for 225 patients treated with iodine-125 brachytherapy for uveal melanoma.

Evaluating Test-Retest Reliability of Fatigability in Chronic Stroke.

Objectives: The subjective nature of fatigue may contribute to inconsistencies in prevalence rates for post-stroke fatigue. More objective performance fatigue measures may offer a more reliable construct of fatigue. Our goal was to establish test-retest reliability of fatigability in stroke during 6-minute walk (6MW) testing.

CD31+ Circulating Angiogenic Cell Number and Subtypes are Reduced in Individuals with Chronic Stroke.

Background And Purpose: Reduced number and function of CD31+ circulating angiogenic cells (CACs) may explain vascular complications associated with the chronic phase stroke. The purpose of this study was to quantify CD31+ CAC paracrine function, total number and number of various subtypes of CD31+ CACs in individuals with chronic stroke compared with controls.

Methods: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from chronic stroke participants and controls.