Nuclear medicine and brachytherapy
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Patients are hospitalized in a protected unit with 18 beds.
Nuclear medicine techniques
- radioactive iodine (I-131) therapy: thyroid cancers, hyperthyroidism
- Metabolic radiotherapy (samarium, radium): bone metastases
- Vectorized internal radiation therapy: neuroendocrine tumors, neuroblastomas, lymphomas
Brachytherapy techniques
- Pulsed dose rate brachytherapy (PDR): gynecology, ENT, anal canal, penis, sarcomas
- Brachytherapy with iodine-125 seeds: prostate
- High dose rate brachytherapy (HDR): gynecology, lips, prostate, lungs, esophagus
Medical team