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HDR BRACHYTHERAPY [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiotherapy
  • Cancers and Oncology
CONT

High-dose-rate(HDR) brachytherapy delivers a single high dose of radiation in a very short period of time.... The radioactive material travels from a special high-dose-rate machine attached to tubes or needles inserted into the tumour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiothérapie
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Lors d'une curiethérapie à haut débit de dose (HDD), on administre une seule dose élevée de radiation pendant un très court laps de temps. [...] La matière radioactive est émise par un appareil spécial de haut débit de dose fixé à des aiguilles ou à des cathéters insérés dans la tumeur.

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