Brachytherapy is a key component of radiation treatment for gynecological cancers. Other indications for brachytherapy include: prostate, breast, soft tissue sarcomas, some head and neck tumors, and ...

Our skin cancer experts are experienced in helping people make a ... called electronic skin surface brachytherapy (ESSB). In ESSB, we apply smooth, round disks to the skin; these disks are attached to ...

Patients who receive radioactive implants (brachytherapy) or radionuclide therapy might ... cervical, prostate and skin cancer. Radiotherapy also is an effective treatment for some benign diseases.

HealthDay News — Short-course vaginal cuff brachytherapy (VCB) is noninferior to standard regimens for short-term quality of life in people with early-stage endometrial cancer, according to a study ...

At the Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, patients have access to a multidisciplinary team of dermatologists, surgeons and medical oncologists that specialize ...

Researchers have found that fewer sessions of higher dose vaginal cuff brachytherapy work just as well as more frequent, lower-dose treatments for endometrial cancer patients. In a randomized ...

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 ...