The risks are minimal. Studies have shown that radiation doses to family and household members from permanent brachytherapy treatments are acceptably low. Still, it is advisable to maintain a safe ...

In brachytherapy, small and encapsulated radioactive sources are placed directly into or near the volume to be treated. Brachytherapy allows a high radiation dose to be delivered locally to a tumour ...

A 2020 article by the school’s Winship Cancer Institute stated that she specializes in two forms of radiation: brachytherapy ... eyebrows when he told the women in the audience that their ...