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  1. Craniopharyngioma - Overview - Mayo Clinic

    Brachytherapy involves placing radioactive material directly into the tumor where it can radiate the tumor from the inside. Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy uses ...

  2. Cancer treatment - Mayo Clinic

    This type of radiation is called brachytherapy. Bone marrow transplant. A bone marrow transplant, also called a bone marrow stem cell transplant, involves ...

  3. Mayo Clinic Minute: Fast-track breast cancer treatment / Date: July 13, 2017 Intro

    Patients leave the operating room the same day as surgery with a catheter in place, which is used to administer a type of radiation therapy called brachytherapy ...

  4. Brad J. Stish, M.D. - Doctors and Medical Staff - Mayo Clinic

    Expertise in prostate brachytherapy, both high dose rate (HDR) and low dose rate (LDR) techniques · Strong experience with the use of stereotactic ablative ...

  5. About nuclear medicine therapy - Mayo Clinic

    Brachytherapy; Radioembolization, also called selective internal radiotherapy (SIRT). Nuclear medicine therapy is available at three Mayo Clinic locations.

  6. Radiation Oncology Clinical Medical Physics Residency (Minnesota) - Department and Facilities

    Brachytherapy. Brachytherapy equipment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. There are two brachytherapy suites, each equipped with an HDR afterloader and ...

  7. Radiation therapy for breast cancer - Care at Mayo Clinic

    This eliminates the waiting time between surgery and beginning brachytherapy, enabling both treatments to be completed in just five to 10 days. Another option ...

  8. Stephen D. Cassivi, M.D., M.S. - Mayo Clinic Faculty Profiles

    Cassivi is involved in studying the use of low-dose spiral CT scans for detection of asymptomatic and early-stage lung cancer. Minimally invasive brachytherapy ...

  9. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) - Doctors & Departments - Mayo Clinic

    C. Richard Choo, M.D.. Radiation Oncologist. Rochester, MN. Areas of focus: Proton therapy, Radiation therapy, Brachytherapy, Intensity-modulated ...

  10. Living With Cancer: Ovary removal surgery - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Prostate cancer brachytherapy treats cancer by delivering radiation directly to the prostate, minimizing radiation to surrounding tissue. The radioactive seeds ...