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Teletherapy vs Brachytherapy - What's the difference?

teletherapy | brachytherapy |

As nouns the difference between teletherapy and brachytherapy

is that teletherapy is radiotherapy using a source of ionizing radiation at some distance from the patient, typically tens of centimetres while brachytherapy is radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume.

teletherapy

English

(wikipedia teletherapy)

Noun

(teletherapies)
  • Radiotherapy using a source of ionizing radiation at some distance from the patient, typically tens of centimetres.

    • 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