NALT

Preferred term

brachytherapy

Topic

A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.

radiotherapy

curietherapy
implant radiotherapy
interstitial radiotherapy
radioisotope brachytherapy
radioisotope plaque therapy

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

9813984403300041

Value previous used for Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

93512

Spanish

braquiterapia

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/333481

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Created 8/30/19, last modified 11/25/19