hilttable.blogg.se - Radium implant for cervical cancer

One or more implants is put into the body cavity or tissue with an applicator, usually a metal tube or a plastic tube called a catheter. You’ll get anesthesia, which may be either general (where drugs are used to put you into a deep sleep so that you don’t feel pain) or local (where part of your body is numbed). The implant procedure is usually done in a hospital operating room designed to keep the radiation inside the room.

With interstitial radiation, the implants are placed in or near the tumor, but not in a body cavity.

During intracavitary radiation, the radioactive source is placed in a body cavity (space), such as the rectum or uterus.

This way the radiation harms as few normal cells as possible. No matter which type of implant is used, it is placed in your body, very close to or inside the tumor. Different types of implants may be called pellets, seeds, ribbons, wires, needles, capsules, balloons, or tubes.

It uses a radiation source that’s usually sealed in a small holder called an implant. Internal radiation therapy (brachytherapy) allows a higher dose of radiation in a smaller area than might be possible with external radiation treatment.

Depending on your type of cancer and treatment plan, you might get a temporary or a permanent implant. Getting the implant placed is usually a painless procedure. A radioactive implant is put inside the body in or near the tumor. Internal radiation is also called brachytherapy.