Radioactive seeds

Brachytherapy

Brachytherapy
Brachytherapy (from the Greek word βραχυς brachys, meaning "short-distance"), also known as internal radiotherapy, sealed source radiotherapy, curietherapy or endocurietherapy, is a form of radiotherapy where a radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment. Brachytherapy is commonly used as an effective treatment for cervical, prostate, breast, and skin cancer and can also be used to treat tumours in many other body sites. Brachytherapy can be used alone or in combination with other therapies such as surgery, External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) and chemotherapy...

Radioactive seeds - List of case studies

Pulmonary heteroplasia_2

endobronchial High Dose Rate (HDR) brachitherapy by radioactive seeds.     NOTE : Towards every new ...

Treatments

Endobronchial High Dose Rate (HDR) brachitherapy by radioactive seeds Endobronchial irradiation Endocrine manipulation ...

Pulmonary heteroplasia_3

with larger tumor size which requires higher doses of radioactive material . Therefore, a preliminary evaluation of the specific ... High Dose Rate (HDR) brachitherapy by radioactive seeds. In addition, low doses of cisplatin should be considered as a ...

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