Conquer Cancer with Brachytherapy

Brachytherapy, also known as internal radiation therapy, uses sealed radiation sources placed next to or inside the target area to destroy cancer cells. In comparison to typical radiation treatments that are administered exter-nally, it enables a larger dosage of radiation to be delivered locally. This may be more successful in eliminating the cancer cells while causing less harm to the surrounding healthy tissue.

To get a better understanding of this therapy, The Indian Practitioner had an email interaction with Dr. Harjot Kaur Bajwa, Consultant Radiation Oncologist & Brachytherapy, AROI ABS Fellow (UCSF, USA) American Oncology Institute, Hyderabad, whose observations are reproduced here.