Brachytherapy Definition

brăkē-thĕrə-pē
brachytherapy
noun
Radiotherapy treatment in which the radiation source is implanted in, on, or near a cancerous tumor.
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Origin of Brachytherapy

  • brachy– (in reference to the short distances involved) therapy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Brachytherapy Sentence Examples

  • Brachytherapy using transrectal ultrasound guidance for seed implantation is promising in terms of freedom from biochemical failure in selected patients with early-stage prostate cancer.

  • Dundee One surgeon performing open radical prostatectomy; radical radiotherapy - external beam 50 gray in 20 fractions; brachytherapy referred to Edinburgh.

  • Advantages Hormone therapy shrinks the prostate gland and can be used to reduce the size of the gland before brachytherapy.

  • The center offer the full range of regional oncology services and some national services, including sarcoma, prostate brachytherapy and ophthalmic oncology.

  • In internal radiation (brachytherapy), radioactive liquid or pellets are delivered to the cancerous site via a pill, injection, or insertion in a sealed container.

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