FRIDAY, June 14, 2002 (HealthDayNews) -- There's a new Web site for people interested in learning more about brachytherapy, an internal radiation treatment for different kinds of cancer.
Brachytherapy has been used for decades and involves planting of radioactive "seeds" inside the cancerous tissue to attack the cancer.
The treatment often has fewer and less severe side effects than other therapies, according to the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS).
Currently, brachytherapy is used primarily to treat prostate, breast and cervical cancers. Other methods of treating these cancers include surgery, chemotherapy and external beam radiation therapies.
To see the site, go to the American Brachytherapy Society.
More information
This article from the Cleveland Clinic traces the history of brachytherapy since it first began in the 1970s. Its success rate has improved significantly.
