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The Use of Small Sealed Radionuclides in
Radiotherapy
Brachytherapy
Use of radioactive sources at short
distances to treat various tumours
Surface moulds
Interstitial
Intracavitary
Why brachytherapy?
Its main advantage is that it is a localised treatment giving a
high dose near to the radioactive sources with a rapid fall off
further away.