Conclusion The success rate of brachytherapy in clinically localized prostate cancer among Cardinal Santos Medical Center patients generally showed good outcomes in terms of overall survival, disease specific survival and biochemical relapse free survival. The difference in outcomes among the groups of ...
We believe that with the increasing trend towards dose escalation and novel therapies, standardized measurements of success and failure need to be better defined, and that randomized trials comparing modalities are needed to improve the management of prostate cancer.Joseph, David J...
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...
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Like many prostate cancer treatments, low dose rate brachytherapy (LDR) may have side effects, including urinary and rectal complications and impact on sexual function. Provides a very targeted treatment, if your disease is not in the treatment zone, your cancer may not be treated. ...
Quality of life after surgery, external beam irradiation, or brachytherapy for early-stage prostate cancer. The primary treatments for clinically localized prostate cancer confer equivalent cancer control for most patients but disparate side effects. In the curre... MS Litwin,JL Gore,L Kwan,... -...
Using radiotherapy after surgery helps prevent the cancer from returning. There are two main radiotherapy approaches used to deliver the radiotherapy: whole breast irradiation (WBI) and accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI). In the context of whole breast irradiation (WBI), High Dose Rate (...
Prostate brachytherapy is an interventional procedure that is highly safe and effective for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. Brachytherapy offers equivalent to superior biochemical outcomes when compared to external beam radiation therapy and radical prostatectomy but offers an attractive toxicity pr...
For example, in prostate cancer, the primary imaging modality for segmentation in EBRT is computed tomography (CT), whereas in brachytherapy, ultrasound (U/S) is most commonly used, and additional challenges may arise from image quality degradation in the presence of needles or seeds. Another ...
High dose-rate brachytherapy boost for intermediate risk prostate cancer: Long-term outcomes of two different treatment schedules and early biochemical predictors of success Joelle Helou a,b , Laura D’Alimonte a,b , Andrew Loblaw a,b , Hans Chung a,b , Patrick Cheung a,b , Ewa Szumacher...