Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy where a sealed radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment. The word "brachytherapy"...

handbook of brachytherapy. Belgium: ACCO. Stewart AJ, et al. (2007). "Radiobiological concepts for brachytherapy". In Devlin P (ed.). Brachytherapy. Applications...

Brachytherapy is a type of radiotherapy, or radiation treatment, offered to certain cancer patients. There are two types of brachytherapy – high dose-rate...

medical company and the sole producer of Cesium brachytherapy sources, which are expanding brachytherapy treatments for difficult to treat cancers. Isoray...

developed countries. The most common radiation treatment is plaque brachytherapy, in which a small disc-shaped shield (plaque) encasing radioactive seeds...

acquisition of Nucletron in 2011, Elekta became the global market leader in brachytherapy devices. These include: Flexitron afterloader, which delivers the planned...

thermotherapy Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate Brachytherapy Prostate brachytherapy Prostate massage Seminal vesicles Spermatocelectomy Vas deferens...

different mode of therapy, internal radiotherapy or brachytherapy. The iridium wires for brachytherapy are a palladium-coated iridium/palladium alloy wire...

"American Brachytherapy Task Group Report: Adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy for early-stage endometrial cancer: A comprehensive review". Brachytherapy. 16 (1):...

thermotherapy Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate Brachytherapy Prostate brachytherapy Prostate massage Seminal vesicles Spermatocelectomy Vas deferens...

"American Brachytherapy Task Group Report: Adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy for early-stage endometrial cancer: A comprehensive review". Brachytherapy. 16 (1):...

workflow environment for image-guided brachytherapy: A practical approach for centers without in-room MRI". Brachytherapy. 14 (6): 905–9. doi:10.1016/j.brachy...

biological assays, nuclear medicine imaging and in radiation therapy as brachytherapy to treat a number of conditions, including prostate cancer, uveal melanomas...

therapy can be delivered either as external beam radiotherapy or as brachytherapy (mostly internal radiotherapy). Although radiotherapy is generally used...

ISSN 1052-6773. PMC 3540879. PMID 23271765. "What is Brachytherapy?". American Brachytherapy Society. Retrieved 8 August 2020. "Surgery for Prostate...

high–dose rate prostate brachytherapy dose distributions with iridium-192, ytterbium-169, and thulium-170 sources". Brachytherapy. 10 (6): 461–465. doi:10...

dosimetrists plan the appropriate external beam radiotherapy or internal brachytherapy treatment technique for a patient with cancer. In the early days of...

treatments include high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy, biliary duct brachytherapy, and intracavitary cervix brachytherapy. Iridium-192 is normally produced...

inserting a stent, attempting to shrink the tumor with localized radiation (brachytherapy), or physically removing the blocking tissue by bronchoscopy, sometimes...

BTCs or BTCS may refer to: BTCs Bitcoins Brachytherapy catheters (for brachytherapy in bladder cancer) BTCS Before These Crowded Streets, an album by the...

the prostate with relatively little radiation to other organs, or by brachytherapy, where a radioactive source is surgically inserted into the prostate...

about half of cases. The radiation can be either from internal sources (brachytherapy) or external sources. The radiation is most commonly low energy X-rays...

sexual function after prostate brachytherapy". Int. J. Cancer. 96 (5): 313–9. doi:10.1002/ijc.1028. PMID 11582584. Brachytherapy treatment options v t e...

radon daughter 210Pb entered the jewelry industry. This was from gold brachytherapy seeds that had held 222Rn, which were melted down after the radon had...

sources Radiopharmaceuticals in radiopharmacology Radioactive tracer Brachytherapy X-ray tube, a vacuum tube that produces X-rays when current flows through...

F. (2010). "Howard Kelly establishes gynecologic brachytherapy in the United States". Brachytherapy. 9 (2): 178–184. doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2009.10.001...

nuclear medicine department may also use implanted capsules of isotopes (brachytherapy) to treat cancer. The history of nuclear medicine contains contributions...

Mini, used with its portable radiation device, the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System, was found to have left test subjects "riddled ... with hundreds...

radiation is pointed at a particular part of the body. In contrast to brachytherapy (sealed source radiotherapy) and unsealed source radiotherapy, in which...

is also used in radiotherapy as a radiation source, in particular in brachytherapy. Iridium-192 has accounted for the majority of cases tracked by the...