Advantages and motivations uncertain behind use of brachytherapy for breast cancer radiotherapy

Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 14:00 in Health & Medicine

Accelerated partial breast irradiation using brachytherapy (APBIb) for the treatment of breast cancer has been rapidly increasing over the last several years in the U.S. as an alternative to standard whole-breast irradiation (WBI), according to a study published December 16th in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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