Also called cryotherapy, this minimally invasive procedure uses needles to apply freezing gases to the prostate. Cryosurgery Patients Cryosurgery is used for patients with localized cancer, external radiation recurrent cancer, Gleason scores under 6, or PSA levels under 10. ...
if your PSA levels go up over several tests, especially if it's fast, you may need further treatment. Sometimes, PSA levels go up slightly in people who have had external beam radiation or brachytherapy. Usually, this doesn't have a long-term effect on you, and your levels go back down...
Planning the Prostate Brachytherapy Procedure Patients who pursue temporary brachytherapy as their prostate cancer treatment will undergo a planning stage. A radiation oncologist, a urologist, and a physics team will carefully plan the minimally invasive surgery to ensure the seed is put in the correct...
1.Mendenhall, NP et al. Five-Year Outcomes from 3 Prospective Trials of Image-Guided Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer. Int J Radiation Oncol Biol Phys 2014 March; 88(3):596-602. 2.Han, M et al. Long-Term Biochemical Disease-Free and Cancer-Specific Survival Following Anatomic Radical Re...
My site gives you the information you need to help you heal your prostate gland without prostate drugs, surgery or radiation with their unwanted side effects. You will find here: the causes and symptoms of prostate diseases: BPH Enlarged prostate ...
if your PSA levels go up over several tests, especially if it's fast, you may need further treatment. Sometimes, PSA levels go up slightly in people who have had external beam radiation or brachytherapy. Usually, this doesn't have a long-term effect on you, and your levels go back down...
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...
To address this knowledge gap, a group of researchers compared quality of life (QOL) indicators from two prior studies of patients with prostate cancer who had either robotic or open surgery and found that scores on sexual function were better for those who had the robotic procedure,...
Procedure for unmasking localization information from ProstaScint scans for prostate radiation therapy treatment planning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004;60:654-662.DeWyngaert JK, Noz ME, Ellerin B, Kramer EL, Maguire GQ Jr, Zeleznik MP. Procedure for Unmasking Localization Information from ...
Most doctors don't use whole-gland ablation as the first treatment for prostate cancer. But it can be another option to surgery or radiation therapy for early-stage prostate cancer that hasn't spread outside of theprostate gland. You might prefer ablation because it may cause fewer sexual and...