Equine Brachytherapy
The Equine Brachytherapy Service, one of the few on the East Coast of the US, provides the best possible therapy for cutaneous neoplasms such as sarcoid or squamous cell carcinoma.
Brachytherapy is the implantation of iridium, which delivers gamma irradiation for the treatment of neoplasia or cancer. The devices are implanted into the tumor and the horse is hospitalized for approximately 5 to 7 days. During the therapy, the implants are removed and the horse is sent home without risk to the horse owner. This treatment has been shown to be greater than 99% successful for treatment of equine cutaneous cancers.
Please call us for further information and to determine if we can help your patients with this exciting treatment.
