Internal radiotherapy gives radiation from inside the body. It is also known as brachytherapy. A small radioactive material called a source is put into your body, inside or close to the cancer. Or ...

Brachytherapy is a form of localized radiation therapy involving the direct placement of radioactive material close to or inside a tumor. Brachytherapy varies by dose, mode of delivery and the ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): There is no end to the ordeal of cancer patients requiring brachytherapy for treatment as the proposal to install the machine at Government ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. On 28 October 2013, Uruguay's Pereira Rossell Hospital ...

After nearly a decade of inactivity, Papua New Guinea’s only radiotherapy machine re-started operations six months ago with support from the IAEA, giving renewed hope to thousands of cancer patients ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy machines to be installed in four medical colleges—Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, and Rewa—for cancer treatment in Madhya Pradesh cost more than ...

Endorectal high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy for rectal cancer is usually carried out with the patient under sedation. Before treatment the tumour size and stage are determined using imaging ...

Hubballi: Karnataka Institute of Medical Science (KIMS) Hubballi's Radiation Department has started ‘brachytherapy’ to treat cancer patients. This therapy will treat various types of cancer diseases, ...

Prayagraj: Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, under the Prime Minister's Health Protection Scheme (PMSSY), is set to install an HDR Brachytherapy machine for cancer treatment in the coming months. The ...

Back in 1996, a Brachytherapy machine – worth tens of millions of taka – was installed at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital for giving radiotherapy treatment to cancer patients. Now, after all these ...