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Results 1 - 10 of 164 for Brachytherapy
  1. Partial breast brachytherapy 
    Brachytherapy for breast cancer involves placing radioactive material directly in the area where breast cancer has been removed from ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007692.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Radiation therapy 
    Radiation therapy uses high-powered radiation (such as x-rays or gamma rays), particles, or radioactive seeds to ... radiation is most harmful to quickly growing cells, radiation therapy damages cancer cells more than normal cells. This ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001918.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Whole breast radiation therapy 
    Whole breast radiation therapy uses high-powered x-rays to kill breast cancer cells. With this type of directed radiation therapy, the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007691.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Partial breast radiation therapy - external beam 
    Partial breast radiation therapy uses high-powered x-rays to kill breast cancer cells. This type of treatment does not target the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007693.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Oral mucositis - self-care 
    ... is tissue swelling and irritation in the mouth. Radiation therapy or chemotherapy may cause mucositis. Follow your health ... takes 2 to 4 weeks. Mucositis caused by radiation therapy usually lasts 6 to 8 weeks, depending on ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000047.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Prostate brachytherapy 
    Brachytherapy is a procedure to implant radioactive seeds (pellets) into the prostate gland to kill prostate cancer ... Brachytherapy takes 30 minutes or more, depending on the type of therapy you have. Before the procedure, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007385.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Radiation therapy - questions to ask your doctor 
    You are having radiation therapy . This is a type of treatment that uses high-powered x-rays or particles to kill cancer cells. You ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000187.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Radiation therapy - skin care 
    ... should treat your skin with care while receiving radiation therapy. ... External radiation therapy uses high-powered radiation or particles to kill cancer cells. The radiation rays or particles are aimed ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000735.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Prostate brachytherapy - discharge 
    You had a procedure called brachytherapy to treat prostate cancer. Your treatment lasted 30 minutes or more, depending on the type of treatment you had. Before your ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000162.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Proton therapy 
    Unlike other types of radiation therapy that use radiation rays to destroy cancer cells, proton therapy uses a beam of special particles called protons. Doctors can ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007281.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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