Treatment DescriptionProstate Cancer Patient ProfileProstate Cancer TreatmentsProstate Cancer Survival RatesProstate Cancer Side EffectsTherapy NewsView ProceduresShare Your Experience Brachytherapy Prostate Brachytherapy Minimally invasive radiation therapy implants low or high dose radiation (LDR or HDR) seeds in...
Seeds, EBRT equal for early cancer: this finding, and others, may help define role of brachytherapy in prostate cancer treatment.(Prostate Cancer Symposium, San Francisco)(External beam radiation therapy)(Disease/Disorder overview)Charnow, Jody A...
If a biopsy shows the cells to be cancerous, then we talk to you about staging and treatment for prostate cancer. Staging assesses the size and location of the tumor. The larger the size and the greater the spreading means a more advanced stage and the need for immediate treatment. In or...
EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy):These X-rays destroy tumor cells by damaging their DNA. There is a brief exposure to the radiation, typically lasting several minutes. Once the prostate cancer treatment is over, there is no radiation in the patient’s body. The treatment is completely no...
If on the other hand your doctor doesn't know what he or she is doing, or doesn't do it a lot then there can be gaps and areas where some of the cancer may not be killed. So it's as important that if you do opt for conservative therapies such as radioactive seeds, you still ...
Brachytherapy for prostate cancer is also known as Prostate Seed Implantation (PSI). Brachytherapy is an innovative cancer treatment that places radiation sources or seeds directly inside the prostate allowing for a highly targeted treatment dose to be delivered while limiting dose to surrounding critical...
Radiation therapy as with surgical therapy is a potentially curative treatment that uses radiation to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy can be performed via external beam therapy (EBRT) or the placement of radioactive seeds into the prostate (prostate brachytherapy). ...
(seeds) may be placed in the prostate via needles guided by ultrasound. This approach, called brachytherapy, offers the advantage of a one-time treatment. Radiation therapy offers the advantage of a nonsurgical approach, and is particularly attractive for patients who may have too many medical ...
External beam radiation therapy (EBRT), a common therapy that uses daily doses of radiation to destroy cancer cells. Low-dose-rate brachytherapy, a type of radiation therapy involving implantation of radioactive "seeds." The unfavorable-risk disease group chose either: ...
Radiation therapy as with surgical therapy is a potentially curative treatment that uses radiation to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy can be performed via external beam therapy (EBRT) or the placement of radioactive seeds into the prostate (prostate brachytherapy). ...