Brachytherapy Radiation - American Cancer Society
Internal radiation therapy (brachytherapy) allows a higher dose of radiation in a smaller area than might be possible with external radiation treatment. It uses a radiation source that’s usually …
Brachytherapy for Cancer (Internal Radiation Therapy)
Brachytherapy (pronounced “bray-kee-THEH-ruh-pee”) is a form of radiation therapy that treats various cancers. Treatment involves placing radioactive seeds, or pellets, capsules or other …
Brachytherapy: What is Internal Radiation Therapy?
Dec 13, 2022 · During brachytherapy, or internal radiation therapy (IRT), radioactive material is placed into a catheter or another implantable device, which carries the radiation directly into or …
Brachytherapy: Pros, Cons, Procedure, Side Effects, and More
Feb 6, 2024 · Brachytherapy is an internal radiation therapy for treating some types of cancer. It involves placing radioactive material, usually in the form of seeds, pellets, ribbons, or wires, …
Brachytherapy - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Brachytherapy is radiation treatment that is given inside the patient, as close to the cancer as possible. The radiation is delivered to the body site with radioactive isotopes inside wires, …
Brachytherapy > Fact Sheets - Yale Medicine
With internal radiation therapy, the doctor places a source of high-energy, radioactive rays (such as seed implants) inside the body as close as possible to the cancer cells. The goal is to …
Brachytherapy (Internal radiation therapy) - RadiologyInfo.org
Permanent brachytherapy is also called seed implantation. It puts radioactive seeds (about the size of a grain of rice) in or near the tumor permanently. After several months, the seeds lose …