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Therapeutics > Radiotherapy > Brachytherapy

Preferred term

Brachytherapy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Brachytherapy, Radioisotope
  • Curietherapy
  • Radioisotope Brachytherapy

In other languages

  • French

  • Brachythérapie
  • Radiothérapie radio-isotopique

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-B7BS18NL-7

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