After several attempts, the treatment was abandoned. When the treatment was terminated, the staff entered the treatment room, disconnected the HDR unit from the implanted catheters and removed the ...

High-Dose-Rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a form of internal radiation therapy where a radioactive source is placed close to or inside a tumor. This technique allows for high doses of radiation to be ...

Foremost, staff will be less exposed to radiation. When circumstances allow remote afterloading ... 192 Ir is a radionuclide with a high specific activity, or activity per unit mass, which means that ...