Localization of the surgical bed using supine magnetic resonance and computed tomography scan fusion for planification of breast interstitial brachytherapy.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of supine breast magnetic resonance imaging (MR) for definition and localization of the surgical bed (SB) after breast conservative surgery. To assess the inter-observer variability of surgical bed delineation on computed tomography (CT) and supine MR.

Materials And Methods: Patients candidate for breast brachytherapy and no contra-indications for MR were eligible for this study.

Poor predictive value of intraoperative real-time dosimetry for prostate seed brachytherapy.

Purpose: To identify dosimetric parameters predictive of a good prostate seed I(125) quality implant. We analyzed preimplant and postimplant realtime dosimetry in patients treated with intraoperative (IO) inverse planning.

Methods And Materials: We analyzed 127 consecutively treated patients with primarily low-risk prostate carcinoma who underwent prostate permanent seed I(125) brachytherapy using an IO planning approach.

Development and evaluation of a rapid latex agglutination test using a monoclonal antibody to identify Candida dubliniensis colonies.

Cell components of the dimorphic pathogenic fungus Candida dubliniensis were used to prepare monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). One MAb, designated 12F7-F2, was shown by indirect immunofluorescence to be specific for a surface antigen of Candida dubliniensis yeast cells. No reactivity was observed with other fungal genera or with other Candida species, including Candida albicans, that share many phenotypic features with C.

Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for identification of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis.

Candida dubliniensis was first established as a novel yeast species in 1995. It is particularly associated with recurrent episodes of oral candidosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, but it has also been detected at other anatomical sites and at a low incidence level in non-HIV-infected patients. It shares so many phenotypic characteristics with C.

PLGA-PEG microspheres of teverelix: influence of polymer type on microsphere characteristics and on teverelix in vitro release.

Teverelix microspheres were produced by coacervation using a new type of poly(ester-carbonates) made of block copolymers of poly(lactic-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). Five different PLGA-PEG copolymers and one PLGA were used. The 'stability window' has been determined for all polymers.