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Brachytherapy is a method used before or after external radiotherapy to increase the dose delivered to the tumor, with the aim of improving local control of the disease. Brachytherapy is a type of radiotherapy used in the treatment of cancer patients. This treatment uses radiation to kill cancer cells. Biologically targeting cancer cells, brachytherapy is applied to cancerous areas of the body, particularly the breast, prostate, lung, brain, liver and stomach. It is frequently and successfully used in the treatment of gynecological cancers (uterus, cervix, vagina), lung cancer and skin cancers.
An internal radiotherapy method that places the radiation source inside or right next to the tumour.
Applicators position the source at the tumour site, delivering a high dose directly to it while sparing surrounding tissue.
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