During high dose rate brachytherapy for tongue 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:
- Tongue cancer surgery
- Shrink tongue tumor
- Cancer surgery
- Brachytherapy
- Temporary high dose rate brachytherapy for tongue cancer
- Internal radiotherapy for tongue cancer
- Internal radiation therapy for tongue cancer
- Brachytherapy for head and neck cancer
Conditions Treated with High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Tongue Cancer:
High dose rate brachytherapy for tongue cancer maybe be performed in
cases of tongue cancer and adjunct therapy to tongue resection, or glossectomy.