A novel method of planting radioactive seeds into the prostate, for conformal therapy of prostatic cancer, using a robotic platform is described. The robotised procedure leads to a more accurate and convenient way of delivering radioactive seeds. This can result in improved clinical outcome, ...
Fogh S, Doyle L, Yu A, et al. A comparison of preplan transrectal ultrasound with preplan-CT in assessing volume and number of seeds needed for real-time ultrasound-based intra-operative planning in prostate (125)I seed implantation. Brachytherapy. 2010;9:335–40. Crook JM, Potters L, S...
In one case, radioactive seeds intended for a man's cancerous prostate were instead implanted in the base of his penis. Another patient with stomach cancer was treated for prostate cancer. Fifty patients received radiation intended for someone else, including one brain cancer patient who received...
Seed implants, also called brachytherapy, are small radioactive pellets, each about the size of a grain of rice. The seeds are inserted into the prostate through small needles during a brief outpatient procedure. External beam radiation therapy involves a series of 25 short daily outpatient treatme...
The seeds will remain in your body permanently or be removed after a period of time, depending on the cancer.Another type, called intracavitary therapy, involves placing radioactive material directly inside a body cavity, such as the uterus, vagina, or rectum. The radioactive material will be...
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The radiation is inserted in an implant, which could be in the form of seeds, balloons, tubes, capsules, ribbons, wires, pellets, or needles. The amount of time the implants are in place varies by the patient and the type of cancer. There are some that are left in place for only a...
There are several trials aimed at improving the implantation technique, including the FAST trial which has studied texture-coated iodine-125 (I-125) seeds to limit post-implant displacement and migration (NCT01174017) and the J0511 trial investigating robot-guided radioactive seed implantation (NCT...
Guimas V, Quivrin M, Bertaut A, et al. Focal or whole-gland salvage prostate brachytherapy with iodine seeds with or without a rectal spacer for postradiotherapy local failure: how best to spare the rectum? Brachytherapy. 2016;15(4):406-411. doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2016.03....
Internal radiation is a newer method wherein radiation comes from inside the body rather from an external source. Also known as partial-breast radiation orbrachytherapy, internal radiation is often given after alumpectomy. To perform this treatment, the doctor implants radioactive ‘seeds’ or pelle...