High-dose-rate brachytherapy radiation carrier with tongue depressing prosthesis – A case report

Abstract

Direct application of radioactive sources to the cancerous site is known as brachytherapy, or BT. The target volume centre receives high-dose radiation delivery using this approach, which is marked by a steep dose gradient while the surrounding healthy tissues are spared. A 62-year-old male patient presented to the Department of Prosthodontics with a lesion in the posterior palatal region. The lesion presents as Squamous cell carcinoma of the hard palate. The patient was referred by the Department of Oncology for the provision of a radiation carrier for interstitial brachytherapy of hard palate post-conventional radiotherapy. A brachytherapy radiation stent was fabricated for the hard palate with a tongue depressor device and passage for the airway tube.