Abstract
At the turn of April and May 2018 in Barcelona, Spain, another 37th scientific conference of the European Society for Oncological Radiotherapy (ESTRO) took place. In the course of the session, a panel of GEC-ESTRO group on brachytherapy - a method of radiotherapy involving the direct introduction of a radioisotope into the tumor or a tumor bed was presented. This article aims to present the reports on the cosmetic effects of brachytherapy used in patients not only to cure cancer, but also to spare the organs in which it is located.
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