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By Mayo Clinic staffSide effects of brachytherapy are specific to the area being treated. Because brachytherapy focuses radiation in a small treatment area, only that area is affected. You may experience tenderness and swelling in the treatment area. Ask your doctor what other side effects can be expected from your treatment.
- Brachytherapy. Radiology Info. http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=brachy. Accessed May 4, 2009.
- Radiation therapy and you: Support for people with cancer. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/radiation-therapy-and-you/allpages. Accessed May 4, 2009.
- Brachytherapy treatments. RT Answers. http://www.rtanswers.org/treatment/brach_treat.htm. Accessed May 4, 2009.
