NRC Brachytherapy Licensing Modifications Give Doctors More Flexibility
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A revised Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidance for intravascular radiation therapy goes beyond an earlier guidance by allowing "source stepping" and by permitting radiation oncologists to prescribe the two currently approved brachytherapy systems, Cordis' Checkmate and Novoste's BetaCath, without being physically present during the procedure.