History of HDR Brachytherapy. To understand the High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy system, one needs to know about the Low Dose Rate (LDR) brachytherapy system in order to compare the two. LDR, once the only type of brachytherapy available, has limitations: Limited ability to shape or conform the radiation to fit the tumor.
Harvey J. Kliman is currently a Research Scientist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine and the Director of the ...
Harvey J. Kaye is the Ben & Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the author of the new book The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great (Simon & Schuster). Follow him on Twitter: @harveyjkaye.