11. There are several different devices that deliver breast brachytherapy . 12. Brachytherapy with implanted seeds ( for prostate cancer ) was first described in 1983.13. Typical tumour sites treated by PDR brachytherapy are gynaecological and head and neck cancers. 14. Alternative treatments include brachytherapy , or intracoronary radiation. 15. In addition, the BC Cancer Agency provides prostate brachytherapy services to Saskatchewan province. 16. APBI treatments can be given as brachytherapy or external beam with a linear accelerator. 17. Brachytherapy is still in the initial stages,18. The effectiveness of brachytherapy vs . prostatectomy still is under debate in the medical world. 19. Now doctors will be able to use the new devices, called intravascular brachytherapy systems. 20. McGinnis said more long-term data is needed to show brachytherapy 's effectiveness.
