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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brachytherapy. 2016 Nov 28;16(1):223–229. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2016.10.006

Table 2.

Details of treatment technique.

Number (%) Number (%)among those who reported >100 cases in their career
Maximum depth of prescription
 1 mm 1(6) 1(11)
 3 mm 2(13) 1(11)
 4 mm 3(19) 1(11)
 5 mm 8(50) 4(44)
 7 mm 1(6) 1(11)
 8 mm 1(6) 1(11)
Routine estimation of skin thickness using US or CT
 Yes 10(63) 5(56)
 No 6(37) 4(44)
Typical margin
 Median 5 mm 5 mm
 3 mm 1(6) 1(11)
 4 mm 2(13) 0
 5 mm 9 (56) 6(67)
 7 mm 2(13) 1(11)
 10 mm 1(6) 0
 15 mm 1(6) 1(11)
Variable margin based on histology
 Yes 11(69) 7(78)
 No 5(31) 2(22)
Variable margin based on size
 Yes 11(69) 5(56)
 No 5(31) 4(44)