including stereotactic body radiotherapy and intraoperative brachytherapy, for treatment of medically inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the authors did not mention certain forms ...

Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy, by which a radioactive source is placed close to the tumor, either directly adjacent to it or inside the tumor itself. This procedure delivers a high dose ...

Temporary brachytherapy can be used, for example, in breast cancer treatment after lumpectomy surgery. In permanent brachytherapy, the implanted sources will slowly deliver the treatment over a period ...

All these therapies use high energy, penetrating waves or particles to destroy cancer cells or keep them from reproducing. Your medical team will determine the most effective options for you.

So we get seeds, in our case Iodine-125, we inject them into the prostate and this cures the patient of the cancer," says Prof Peter Mungai Ngugi a Urologist at Nairobi Hospital. Brachytherapy is ...

The FDA also has approved low-dose radioactive "seeds," each about the size of a grain of rice, that are implanted within the prostate to kill cancer cells locally. Called brachytherapy, the seeding ...