Table of contents

  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Reduction of radiation exposure to staff
  • Clinical efficacy
  • Patient benefits and risks
  • Costs
  • Conclusions-
  • Appendix 1: Techniques of brachytherapy
  • Appendix 2: Automatic afterloading in brachytherapy: occupational dose reduction
  • References
  • Acknowledgments