During high dose rate brachytherapy for mouth
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:
- Mouth cancer surgery
- Shrink mouth tumor
- Cancer surgery
- Brachytherapy
- Temporary high dose rate brachytherapy for mouth cancer
- Internal radiotherapy for mouth cancer
- Internal radiation therapy for mouth cancer
- Brachytherapy for head and neck cancer
- Brachytherapy for oral cancer
Conditions Treated with High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Mouth Cancer:
High dose rate brachytherapy for mouth cancer maybe be performed in cases of oral cancer and cancer of the lips, palate and in the floor of the mouth.