Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

brachytherapy

Synonyms
Definitions

A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID10419

Definition

A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues. [MeSH]

label

RID10419

Preferred_name

brachytherapy

Preferred_name_German

Brachytherapie

prefixIRI

RID10419

UMLS_ID

C0006098

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID8

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