Brachytherapy

2.0 credits

Brachytherapy is use of radiation directly on or inside the body to treat disease. This course is intended to give an in-depth look into brachytherapy. It covers the characteristics of radionuclides and their application to the most common brachytherapy sites. Major areas to be covered include treatment techniques, dose calculation, applicator design, and safety. This course looks at, among others, interstitial, intracavitary, and intraoperative techniques and how they are applied to a wide variety of treatment sites