What we’ve done is create an instrument where your hands don’t need to be inside the body,” said Dr. David Wazer. “It can be ...

Balloon-based brachytherapy was developed to simplify ... to the target volume compared with treatment with the MammoSite device. Further research will be needed to determine subgroups of patients ...

What advantages are there to using remote afterloading devices, compared with manual brachytherapy procedures? Foremost, staff will be less exposed to radiation. When circumstances allow remote ...

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 ...

For cervical cancer patients in Saskatchewan, the new Interstitial High-Dose-Rate (HDR) Gynecological Brachytherapy program ...