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Brachytherapy vs Chemotherapy - What's the difference?

brachytherapy | chemotherapy |

As nouns the difference between brachytherapy and chemotherapy

is that brachytherapy is radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume while chemotherapy is any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

brachytherapy

English

(wikipedia brachytherapy)

Noun

(brachytherapies)
  • Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume.

    • Synonyms

    * internal radiotherapy * sealed course radiotherapy * curietherapy * endocurietherapy

    chemotherapy

    English

    (wikipedia chemotherapy)

    Noun

  • (medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
  • (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

    • Derived terms

    * chemotherapeutic

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