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. 2020 Aug 11;12(8):e9666. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9666

Table 2. Included Studies.

BRT: brachytherapy; Cs-131: Cesium-131; Gd - grade using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE, version 5.0); HGG: high-grade glioma; I-125: Iodine-125; Ir-192: Iridium-192; LRT-BRT: time from first last radiation therapy to brachytherapy; Mening: meningioma; Mets: metastases; NR: not reported; OS: overall survival; PCC: prospective case-control; PCS: prospective case series; RCC: retrospective case-control; RCS: retrospective case series; RN: radiation necrosis; RT: radiation therapy; TB: tumor border; Tx: treatment

    Study   N Study   Type Tumor  Type Type of   Implant   Source Median   Dose (Gy) Depth (mm) LRT-BRT (mo.) RN % (Gd 3) RN % (Gd 4) OS BRT   (mo) Study  Quality
  1 Chan et al. [16]   24   PCS   HGG Intracavitary   I-125 GliaSite   53*   5   NR   8.3   8.3   9.1   4
  2 Gabayan et al. [17]   95   RCS   HGG Intracavitary   I-125 GliaSite   60   10   12.6   2.1   2.1   9.1   4
  3 Tselis et al. [29]   84   RCS   HGG Interstitial   Ir-192   40   TB   NR   2.4   0   9.2   4
  4 Darakchiev et al. [5]   34   PCS   HGG Intracavitary   I-125   120   5   NR   23.5   11.8   17.2   4
  5 Fabrini et al. [28]   21   RCS   HGG Intracavitary   Ir-192   18   5   8.6   0   0   5.5   4
  6 Gobitti et al. [18]   15   RCS   HGG Intracavitary   I-125 GliaSite   45   10   28   20   20   13   4
  7 Archavlis et al. [26]   46   PCC   HGG Interstitial   Ir-192   40   TB   NR   8.7   0   8   3
  8 Schwartz et al. [25]   68   RCS   HGG Interstitial   1-125   50   TB   NR   8.8   0   13.4   4
  9 Chatzikonstantinou et al. [27]   135   RCS   HGG Interstitial   Ir-192   40   TB   9.3   2.2   2.2   9.2   4
  10 Magill et al. [21]   42   RCS   Mening Intracavitary   I-125   120   5   NR   19   11.9   39.6   4
  11 Brachman et al. [3]   19   PCS   Mening Intracavitary   Cs-131   63   5   NR   10.5   0   26   4
  12 Koch et al. [20]   15   RCS   Mening Intracavitary   I-125 / Cs-131   100   5   14   40   0   12.5   4
  13 Mooney et al. [22]   11   RCC   Mening Intracavitary   I-125 / Cs-131   100   5   NR   27.3   0   NR   3
  14 Huang et al. [19]   21   RCS   Mets Intracavitary   I-125   300   5   11.1   19   10   7.3   4
  15 Ruge et al. [24]   27   RCS   Mets Interstitial   I-125   50   TB   9   0   0   14.8   4
  16 Raleigh et al. [23]   38   RCS   Mets Intracavitary   I-125   263   5   NR   25   0   12   4