Brachytherapy

A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.

Year introduced: 1980

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Tree Number(s): E02.815.150

MeSH Unique ID: D001918

Entry Terms:

• Brachytherapy, Radioisotope
• Radioisotope Brachytherapy
• Curietherapy
• Radiotherapy, Intracavity
• Intracavity Radiotherapy
• Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope
• Radioisotope Plaque Therapy
• Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque
• Radiotherapy, Interstitial
• Radiotherapy, Implant
• Implant Radiotherapy
• Interstitial Radiotherapy
• Surface Radiotherapy
• Radiotherapy, Surface

Previous Indexing:

• Neoplasms/radiotherapy (1966-1979)
• Radioisotopes/administration and dosage/therapeutic use (1966-1979)
• Radiotherapy (1966-1979)
• specific neoplasm/radiotherapy (1966-1979)
• specific radioisotope/administration and dosage/therapeutic use (1966-1979)

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Radiotherapy
Brachytherapy