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Dr. Stephen Doggett MD is a Radiation Oncologist and Brachytherapy Treatment Specialist of Prostate Cancer in Southern California.
Low-dose rate brachytherapy has become a mainstream treatment option for men diagnosed with prostate cancer because of excellent long-term treatment outcomes in low-, intermediate-, and high-risk patients. Largely due to patient lead advocacy for minimally invasive treatment options, high-quality prost...
Brachytherapy candidates with a significant risk of extraprostatic extension should be treated with supplemental intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Contraindications Relative contraindications to brachytherapy include the following: Previous transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) Pubic arch interference...
aFirst of all, I hope that we can have a long-term, as well as pleasant cooperation 首先,我希望我们可以有长期,并且宜人的合作[translate] adefinitive treatment of the prostate (radical prostatectomy [RP] or brachytherapy [BT]) or no surgery or radiation therapy (NSR) 摄护腺根本摄护腺术RP...
Brachytherapy is a radiation therapy that can be used as a prostate cancer treatment. Sometimes referred to as interstitial radiation therapy, seed therapy, or seed treatment, prostate brachytherapy is capable of delivering high and concentrated doses of radiation to the prostate gland. Radiation’s ...
Define brachytherapy. brachytherapy synonyms, brachytherapy pronunciation, brachytherapy translation, English dictionary definition of brachytherapy. n. pl. brach·y·ther·a·pies Radiotherapy in which the source of radiation is placed close to the surf
Objective To investigate the efficacy of transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) of the prostate for treating chronic nonbacterial prostatitis unresponsive to conservative therapies. Patients and methods Forty-two patients (mean age 38.5 years, range 25-52) with nonbacterial prostatitis in whom clinical man...
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Brachytherapy is a form of highly conformal radiotherapy that involves implantation of radiation sources into or near a target tumor using catheters [1]. Interstitial brachytherapy was first used in the treatment of prostate cancer (PCa) in the early twentieth century and later in the curative trea...