Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer. The use of radioactive seeds (ie, brachytherapy) to provide radiation therapy is one of the three recommended treatment options for localized carcinoma of the prostate. This technique places the radioactive source in ...
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...
Prostate Cancer Information: Brachytherapy Treatment 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 ...
The Prostate Cancer Treatment Guide lists treatment descriptions, survival rates, side effects and other important information associated with prostate cancer.
prostate cancer. For example, an elderly patient (>age 80) with a small amount of prostate cancer may not necessarily be affected by the cancer due to its slow growing nature. In certain patient populations, treatment may lead to more harm than good. Each patient has a different story, ...
This treatment also has not been shown to improve the outcome of prostate cancer. Though it may take less time than IMRT, it may have more side effects. Radioactive seeds (brachytherapy) deliver radiation to the prostate with little damage to nearby tissues. Your doctor implants the tiny ...
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 ...
Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy Treatment Techniques Ultrasound-guided perineal seed implantation became the optimal way for placing of permanent I-125 and Pd-109 seeds since the beginning of the 1990s, after the first publication of Holm et al. (1982). A large variety exists in both placing of...
radiologic studies. The stage of a cancer helps doctors understand the extent of the cancer and plan cancer treatment. Results of the treatment of similar Gleason score prostate cancer found at the same or similar stage can help the doctor and patient to make important decisions about choices of...
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