# OnCo record brachytherapy-term (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/brachytherapy-term/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "brachytherapy-term" ;
  schema:name "Brachytherapy (internal radiotherapy)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "brachytherapy boost"@en, "HDR brachytherapy"@en, "LDR brachytherapy"@en, "seed implant"@en, "interstitial brachytherapy"@en, "intracavitary"@en ;
  schema:description "Radiotherapy from the inside: radioactive seeds or a temporary source are placed in or next to the tumour, so the dose falls off steeply and nearby organs are spared."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/brachytherapy-term/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/gray-unit/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/hypofractionation/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/imrt-term/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/brachytherapy/> .