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Brachytherapy, also known as sealed source radiotherapy or endocurietherapy, is a form of ~~internal~~ radiotherapy where a radioactive source is placed, under the guidance of imaging, within or next to the area requiring treatment.

Brachytherapy ~~is commonly~~has been used to treat ~~localised~~ :

prostate cancer,
breast cancer (often post-lumpectomy ¹),
cervical cancer ~~and cancers of the~~
head and neck. cancers
endoluminal tumours
- esophageal cancer
- endobronchial tumours
cutaneous and ocular cancers
benign conditions
- pterygium
- keloid scarring

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Side effects associated with brachytherapy treatment of prostate cancer include:

urinary symptoms, often short-lived
infertility or impotency (6-50%)
migration of seeds out of the treatment region
- therefore important to filter urine to recover the radioactive seeds
- brachytherapy seed migration to the lung

-<p><strong>Brachytherapy</strong>, also known as <strong>sealed source radiotherapy</strong> or <strong>endocurietherapy</strong>, is a form of internal radiotherapy where a radioactive source is placed, under the guidance of imaging, within or next to the area requiring treatment.</p><p>Brachytherapy is commonly used to treat localised <a href="/articles/prostatic-carcinoma-1">prostate cancer</a>, <a href="/articles/breast-cancer">breast cancer</a> (often post-lumpectomy <sup>1</sup>), <a href="/articles/cervical-cancer">cervical cancer</a> and cancers of the <a href="/articles/head-and-neck-cancers">head and neck</a>.</p><h4>Treatment and prognosis</h4><h5>Complications</h5><p>Side effects associated with brachytherapy treatment of prostate cancer include:</p><ul>
+<p><strong>Brachytherapy</strong>, also known as <strong>sealed source radiotherapy</strong> or <strong>endocurietherapy</strong>, is a form of radiotherapy where a radioactive source is placed, under the guidance of imaging, within or next to the area requiring treatment.</p><p>Brachytherapy has been used to treat:</p><ul>
+<li><a href="/articles/prostatic-carcinoma-1">prostate cancer</a></li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/breast-cancer">breast cancer</a> (often post-lumpectomy <sup>1</sup>)</li>
+<li><a href="/articles/cervical-cancer">cervical cancer</a></li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/head-and-neck-cancers">head and neck</a> cancers</li>
+<li>endoluminal tumours<ul>
+<li><a title="Esophageal cancer" href="/articles/oesophageal-carcinoma-1">esophageal cancer</a></li>
+<li>endobronchial tumours</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>cutaneous and ocular cancers</li>
+<li>benign conditions<ul>
+<li>pterygium</li>
+<li>keloid scarring</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul><h4>Treatment and prognosis</h4><h5>Complications</h5><p>Side effects associated with brachytherapy treatment of prostate cancer include:</p><ul>

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