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.

Annotation

a type of radiother

DUI

D001918 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0002857

Previous indexing

Neoplasms/radiotherapy (1966-1979); Radioisotopes/administration & dosage/therapeutic use (1966-1979); Radiotherapy (1966-1979); specific neoplasm/radiotherapy (1966-1979); specific radioisotope/administration & dosage/therapeutic use (1966-1979)

History note

80

Public note

80