MammoSite Brachytherapy

Treatment is administered to the tissue surrounding a tumor after a lumpectomy has occurred.  At the time of surgery an inflatable balloon is inserted with a catheter. The balloon fills the region that the tumor occupied.  A treatment schedule often consists of 2 treatments a day over a span of 5 days.  During this time high doses of radiation are given to a very specific region while not threatening healthy tissue.