Called brachytherapy, the seeding technique is sometimes ... The program offers patients an alternative treatment for early-stage prostate cancer in which radioactive seeds are placed directly into ...

Recent advances in image-guided brachytherapy have allowed for treatment volume reduction in the treatment of prostate cancer, with the aim to optimize disease control and reduce toxicities. This ...

Brachytherapy is a key component of radiation treatment for gynecological cancers. Other indications for brachytherapy include: prostate, breast, soft tissue sarcomas, some head and neck tumors, and ...

When cancer patients are treated ... in the pelvis among men treated either with brachytherapy or with surgery to remove the prostate. All the treatments took place in British Columbia between ...

Brachytherapy is the alternative to traditional surgery ways of treating prostate cancer. "The main treatment before was by surgery, radically removing the prostate and it is a long procedure.

Conclusions: This retrospective study shows that LDR brachytherapy is an effective treatment for low- and intermediate risk prostate cancer patients with relatively low but still significant risk of ...

Daniel Spratt and Alicia Morgans discuss clinical outcomes of patients with Gleason score 9-10 prostate cancer after definitive treatment. Long-term Survival in Men with Gleason Score 9-10 Treated ...

And recent research suggests this might be better and have fewer side effects than other treatments such as surgery. Doctors can use brachytherapy to treat prostate cancer that has come back in the ...

The experienced radiation oncology team specializes in treating a variety of cancers with a number of radiation therapy options, including proton therapy. All these therapies use high energy, ...

Urinary dysfunction is a common side effect of prostate cancer treatments such as prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy, and brachytherapy. Symptoms can include incontinence, increased urinary ...

Prostate cancer treatment often involves a multidisciplinary ... where a machine delivers radiation over several sessions, and brachytherapy, where we implant radiation seeds inside the prostate ...

Prostate cancer is frequently seen as an ... progression and who are being considered for radical treatment (surgical prostatectomy or brachytherapy). MRI is used to exclude direct extracapsular ...