How safe is the radiation treatment?
Radiation safety naturally concerns all patients. Iodine-125 seeds emit very low energy radiation and most of it is absorbed by the tumour. A remaining small proportion is absorbed by the surrounding body tissues. Also the radiation level decreases with time and distance, so that the radiation level outside your body is not much greater than the normal background level that exists naturally. The radiation risk to other people around you is very low and far below the legal national annual dose limit, and you can reduce the risk even further by following the guidelines described below.
