During high dose rate brachytherapy for breast
cancer, highly radioactive material is delivered into or around a tumor in
order to eradicate or shrink it. This procedure does not require a hospital
stay in between treatments.
Also Known As:
- Breast cancer surgery
- Shrink breast tumor
- Cancer surgery
- Brachytherapy
- Interstitial brachytherapy for breast cancer
- Temporary high dose rate brachytherapy for breast cancer
- Accelerated partial breast irradiation
- Internal radiotherapy for breast cancer
- Internal radiation therapy for breast cancer
- Brachytherapy for breast cancer
Conditions Treated with High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Breast Cancer:
High dose rate brachytherapy for breast cancer maybe be performed in cases of breast cancer.