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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

They can include feeling tired, sore skin, diarrhoea and passing urine more often. There are 2 types of internal radiotherapy for rectal cancer. High dose rate brachytherapy (HDR) and contact x-ray ...

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 ...