Question

Brachytherapy refers to
1. Giving anti cancerous drugs through intravenous route
2. Procedure of placing radioactive material inside the body
3. Passing radioactive rays in the body
4. None of these

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Procedure of placing radioactive material inside the body

Explanation:

Brachytherapy

• It  is a procedure that involves placing radioactive material inside your body.
• It is one type of radiation therapy that's used to treat cancer. Brachytherapy is sometimes called internal radiation.
• It allows doctors to deliver higher doses of radiation to more specific areas of the body, compared with the conventional form of radiation therapy (external beam radiation) that projects radiation from a machine outside of your body.
• It may cause fewer side effects than does external beam radiation, and the overall treatment time is usually shorter with brachytherapy.