Sentences with phrase «brachytherapy because»

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«Studies have time and time again shown that brachytherapy is the most important part of cervical cancer treatment, because it is essential to eradicating the tumor,» said Timothy Showalter, MD, a radiation oncologist at UVA Cancer Center.

He expressed grave concern about the declining use of brachytherapy: «It's disturbing because we have this great treatment option that's an absolute requirement of curative therapy, and it's been available for decades, but the rates of actually using it are dropping,» Showalter said.