Radiation Safety

  • HDR – No radioactive material stays in the patient system. Patients are NOT a radiation hazard following discharge from the hospital
  • LDR (seeds) - Patients are NOT a radiation hazard following discharge from the hospital. However, there are some precautions which you will need to take, such as avoiding prolonged close contact with children and pregnant women for the first two months after the implant.
  • Brachytherapy is given in specialist centers around the country. This means you may have to travel much further than your local hospital to receive the treatment.
  • You may be having Brachytherapy in addition to External beam radiotherapy (EBRT). Risks and benefits of having a brachytherapy as a boost can be compared below.
Comparing the benefits and risks of Brachytherapy Boost