| 21. | Radioactive iodine brachytherapy at the margins of wedge excision may reduce the risk of recurrence.
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| 22. | Interstitial breast brachytherapy can be used as boost after EBRT, or as APBI.
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| 23. | Importantly, the risk of erectile dysfunction after brachytherapy is less than after radical prostatectomy.
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| 24. | It is also used in radiotherapy as a radiation source, in particular in brachytherapy.
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| 25. | But brachytherapy is still very new, and there are some bumps to be worked out.
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| 26. | Then she learned about brachytherapy, a radiation alternative more commonly associated with prostate cancer treatment.
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| 27. | The only reported injuries related to iridium concern accidental exposure to radiation from used in brachytherapy.
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| 28. | Radiation therapy can be delivered as external beam radiotherapy or as brachytherapy ( internal radiotherapy ).
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| 29. | Interstitial breast brachytherapy involves the temporary placement of several flexible plastic catheters in the breast tissue.
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| 30. | Brachytherapy for prostate cancer may cause erectile dysfunction in approximately 15-30 % of patients.
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