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Brachytherapy is most commonly used to treat prostate, breast, cervical and skin cancers. It can, however, be used to treat many other cancers.
In this section, you can find brief information on:
Brachytherapy for gynecological cancer
Brachytherapy for head and neck cancers
Brachytherapy for lung cancer
Brachytherapy for cancer of the penis
Brachytherapy for soft tissue sarcomas
Brachytherapy for rectal cancer
Page last updated on 14 January 2011.
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Gynecological cancers
Head and neck cancers
Lung cancer
Cancer of the penis
Soft tissue sarcomas
Rectal cancer
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Cervical cancer
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Skin cancer
Other cancers
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