Table 5.

Intracavitary instillation of radionuclides/impact on tumor control and visual function (modified according to Derrey et al., 2008).

Author	Patients	Isotope	Complete remission	Reduction	No change	expansion	Tumor control	Visual impairment
Voges et al. (1997)	62	Y 90	35/78	27/78	12/78	4/78	10 years OS	4/62
	78 C	Rhe 186					Solid: 31%
		P 32					Cystic: 64%
Blackburn et al. (1999)	6	Y 90	0	6	1	2	n.a.	1/5
	9 C
Hasegawa et al. (2004)	41	P 32	7	24	5	5	10 years: 70%	3/40 (RT induced)
	41 C						Solid comp.: 32% increase
Derrey et al. (2008)	39	Rhe 186	17	17	5	5	n.a.	3/39
	44 C

C, cysts; Y 90, Yttrium 90; Rhe 186, Rhenium 186; P 32, Phosphorus 32; OS, overall survival.