Adjuvant brachytherapy for oral squamous cell carcinomas: a single-center experience comparing low-dose and pulsed-dose-rate techniques

This study aims to assess the outcomes of adjuvant interstitial brachytherapy (BT) to the tumor bed for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and to compare the oncological outcomes and toxicity profile of low-dose-rate (LDR) and pulsed-dose-rate (PDR) BT.This retrospective single-center study included all patients who underwent postoperative LDR- or PDR-BT to the tumor bed as the sole adjuvant treatment for an oral tongue or floor of the...