Nelie,

I had brachytherapy at the end of my radiation treatment (I had surgery before radiation, with clean margins and no node involvement). FYI -- Sabrina and I have the same radiation oncologist. In my case, I believe it was done to compress the final necessary doses into a shorter time frame and to further concentrate those doses in the areas that were felt to be most at risk.

Cathy

Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989