Oncology & Radiation Therapy
Brachytherapy (HDR / LDR)
Internal radiation therapy delivered from within or beside the tumor using high-dose-rate and low-dose-rate techniques, particularly for gynecologic and prostate cancers.
About this service
Brachytherapy places a sealed radioactive source directly inside or immediately next to a tumor, delivering a high radiation dose to the target while surrounding tissue receives far less. At Mersin University Hospital, both high-dose-rate (HDR) and low-dose-rate (LDR) techniques are available, with applications including gynecologic cancers such as cervical and endometrial tumors as well as prostate cancer. Applicators are positioned under imaging guidance and treatment is planned on cross-sectional images, allowing the dose to be tailored to each patient's anatomy. HDR sessions are brief and often performed on an outpatient basis, and brachytherapy is frequently combined with external beam radiotherapy as part of an integrated plan defined by the multidisciplinary team of radiation oncologists and medical physicists.
Scope of services
- High-Dose-Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- Low-Dose-Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy
- Gynecologic Intracavitary Brachytherapy
- Prostate Brachytherapy
- Image-Guided Applicator Placement
- Combined External Beam and Brachytherapy Planning
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