The brachytherapy market is expanding due to rising global cancer incidence and innovations in precision treatment modalities like device miniaturization and AI integration. Opportunities lie in ...

Brachytherapy is ideally suited for treatment of early prostate cancer and was first used as a treatment modality 60 years ago. Brachytherapy is used to treat cancers of the head and neck, breast, ...

Brachytherapy is a form of localized radiation therapy involving the direct placement of radioactive material close to or inside a tumor. Brachytherapy varies by dose, mode of delivery and the ...

BARCELONA, Spain — The declining use of brachytherapy was a much-discussed enigma among radiation oncologists and other experts who attended this year's European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology ...

Malignant Transformation of Low-Grade Gliomas in Children: Lessons Learned From Rare Medical Events An article by Kavanagh et al 1 in a recent special issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology ...

Brachytherapy is a form of localized radiation treatment used to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. The side effects associated with this therapy depend on several factors including: The tumour type ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Men with intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer have double the chance of progression-free survival at 9 years if they are treated with brachytherapy in addition to external ...

For patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR) of a drug-eluting stent, intracoronary brachytherapy is a safe and effective treatment option, although its success decreases with the number of stent ...

The median age of the 601 patients was 63 years, and 74% had stage I disease. Histologies included endometrioid (71%), serous (15%), and clear cell (5%). With a median follow-up of 53 months, the ...

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 ...

You may have both internal radiotherapy and external radiotherapy. External radiotherapy uses a machine outside the body to direct radiation beams at the cancer. Permanent seed brachytherapy is when ...