Electronic Brachytherapy

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** Brachytherapy that uses miniaturized X-ray sources instead of radionuclides to deliver high doses of radiation. Advantages include: low radiation to organs at risk, reduced exposure to clinicians despite less required shielding, no radiation leakage in off-state, and no radioactive waste generated.

**Synonyms:** - EBRACHY