different between brachytherapy vs tetherapy

English

From Ancient Greek ?????? (brakhús, “not far off”) + ???????? (therapeía, “attendance, treatment, healing, service”); brachy- +? therapy.

IPA^(key): /?bræki???r?pi/

brachytherapy (countable and uncountable, plural brachytherapies)

Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.

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