Radioactive seed therapy, also known as brachytherapy, is a form of radiation therapy that involves implanting small radioactive seeds directly into the prostate gland.

You may hear it called internal radiation therapy. It delivers radiation from small radioactive seeds or pellets, each the size of a grain of rice, that your doctor places directly into your prostate.

Emory’s trial studies a new way to administer radiation by inserting tiny “seeds” that are about the size of a grain of rice underneath the skin at the precise location of the cancerous tumor.

The seeds with the radioactive material stay for a little under a year, delivering treatment, until they decay. It looks and feels exactly like a normal clip gun.

Seeds. And because the therapy is so localised it means patients often need less time off work and are less likely to suffer incontinence and erectile dysfunction. Each patient has between 60-75 seeds ...

The seeds slowly release a low level of radiation into the area of the prostate over a few months. It is a type of internal radiotherapy. With brachytherapy, your doctor puts the radioactive source or ...

With no advance public notice, Mayor Giuliani had radioactive seeds implanted in his cancerous prostate yesterday - leaving Mount Sinai Medical Center in good spirit and with hopes for a full ...

Kurt underwent surgery today to have radioactive seeds put into his prostate. The seeds are tiny, rice-like pellets encased in titanium that will release low levels of radiation.

Brachytherapy for Treating Brain Metastases. MSK has been pioneering brachytherapy for brain tumors as an alternative to SRS since 2019. The radiation dose from the radioactive seeds is concentrated ...

Some patients with solid tumors, including prostate cancer, are treated using a clinical technique called brachytherapy. Brachytherapy involves the surgical implantation of radioactive "seeds ...

Recap, Radioactive seeds and hormone treatment. Happy to say numbers are great. Not complaining purely about information. The hormone thing is necessary but for me, not w/o issues.

Minnesota law says implanted mechanical and radioactive devices must be removed before cremation, but the rule doesn't apply to radioactive seeds, said Sherrie Flaherty, supervisor in the ...