For this reason, HDR can be administered as an outpatient treatment. Brachytherapy is a key component of radiation treatment for gynecological cancers. Other indications for brachytherapy include: ...

In some cases, a single temporary brachytherapy treatment is given, and in other cases, a series of treatments are administered. Temporary brachytherapy can be used, for example, in breast cancer ...

So we get seeds, in our case Iodine-125, we inject them into the prostate and this cures the patient of the cancer," says Prof Peter Mungai Ngugi a Urologist at Nairobi Hospital. Brachytherapy is ...