Brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

A type of radiation treatment in which the radioactive substance is placed inside the patient as close as possible to the area being treated.

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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 ...

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abdominal cavity

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abdominal ultrasonography

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sound waves are beamed into the abdomen and a record is made of the echoes as they bounce off the abdominal viscera

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to draw away from the median plane of the body or one of its parts

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tip of anterior nasal spine

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