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 ...

Iridium-192 has proven to be an often-used source for high dose rate applications. Why is this, and why is it not used for all brachytherapy? While iridium 192 (192 Ir) has many good qualities, ...

Increasingly, however, surgeons are prepared to operate on patients with early local disease progression (stage T3) and high-dose brachytherapy can also be considered in this patient group.

There are 2 types of internal radiotherapy for rectal cancer. High dose rate brachytherapy (HDR) and contact x-ray brachytherapy (Papillon). Internal radiotherapy gives radiotherapy from inside the ...

high- and low-dose rate brachytherapy, hyperthermia, kilovoltage irradiation, plaque therapy, particle therapy, radiation safety procedures, calibration of radiation therapy machines, the use of state ...

It uses a higher total dose of radiation ... which directs high-energy X-rays (radiation) at tumours from outside the body. Since the 1930s, Brachytherapy has been used to treat oral or tongue ...