Radiopharmaceutical therapy

A form of radiation therapyRadiation therapy An umbrella term for cancer treatments that deliver high doses of radiation to the tumour in order to shrink it or stop its growth, by damaging and killing the cancer cells. that involves delivering radiation to tumor cells or the area of the tumor tissue in a targeted way. In contrast to external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapyBrachytherapy A type of radiotherapy where small, radioactive implants, called pellets or seeds, are placed directly into the prostate., the radiation is delivered through a drug made from radioactive atoms or molecules, not an external or implanted radiation source.