# OnCo record brachytherapy-afterloaders (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/brachytherapy-afterloaders/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "brachytherapy-afterloaders" ;
  schema:name "Remote afterloaders for HDR brachytherapy"@en ;
  schema:description "The machine that makes modern brachytherapy safe for staff: a shielded safe holding one tiny, intensely radioactive source on a cable, which it drives out through tubes into applicators inside the patient, dwells at programmed positions, and pulls back before anyone re-enters the room."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/brachytherapy-afterloaders/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-17"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy> ;
  schema:citation <https://www.elekta.com/products/brachytherapy/>, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy> ;
  onco:status "standard-of-care" ;
  onco:tag "machines-wave" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/intraoperative-radiotherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/radiotherapy-access-gap/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/endometrial/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/skin-cancer/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/devices/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/brachytherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/hdr-brachytherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/ldr-seed-brachytherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/treatment-planning-systems/> ;
  onco:companies <https://onco.cc/companies/elekta/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/varian/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/eckert-ziegler/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/brachytherapy-term/> .