Internal radiotherapy gives radiation from inside the body. It is also known as brachytherapy. A small radioactive material called a source is put into your body, inside or close to the cancer. Or ...

Brachytherapy is a type of radiation therapy. It involves placing radioactive material inside or near a tumor to destroy cancer cells. The procedure has some benefits over other radiation techniques ...

Endorectal high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy for rectal cancer is usually carried out with the patient under sedation. Before treatment the tumour size and stage are determined using imaging ...

The government has intervened in the best of manner to ensure that all modern cancer care facilities have been made available in the public sector, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.

The evidence on which this guidance was based is derived from treatment of breast cancer in women. Treatment depends on pathology, stage and grade. Surgery is usually the first option and may involve ...

If it's cutting edge treatment, chances are good it's offered at Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Staff at the center recently performed their 700th prostate HDR brachytherapy procedure. Though ...