Brachytherapy is ideally suited for treatment of early prostate cancer and was first used as a treatment modality 60 years ago. Brachytherapy is used to treat cancers of the head and neck, breast ...

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This article on permanent iodine-125 seed prostate brachytherapy reviews the techniques, results, and patient selection issues for early prostate cancer. The long-term 10 y results of ...

Brachytherapy is a form of localized radiation therapy involving the direct placement of radioactive material close to or inside a tumor. Brachytherapy varies by dose, mode of delivery and the ...

Brachytherapy is also contraindicated in patients with a damaged prostate gland and recurrent hematuria. Before BT treatment is initiated, it is important to stop anticoagulation treatment for at ...

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Cancer Care Ontario have issued a joint clinical practice guideline update on the use of brachytherapy for prostate cancer patients ...

Meeting Coverage > ASTRO High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Boost in Prostate Cancer Improves QOL — Patients report better urinary and bowel function outcomes by Mike Bassett, Staff Writer, MedPage ...

Meeting Coverage > ASTRO Sexual Health Not Part of Discussion for Women Undergoing Brachytherapy — Much less likely than men to be queried about sexual function when receiving treatment by Mike ...

Prostate brachytherapy normally involves application of between 40 and 150 sources. According to the code descriptor for 55875, it includes a cystoscopy performed at the same session as brachytherapy.

"Brachytherapy use in the United States is declining," Sahaja Acharya, MD, a resident physician in the Radiation Oncology Department of Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri, told And yet ...

Intraurethral high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy may palliate this condition. Advanced prostate cancer patients with intractable prostatic bleeding were offered brachytherapy with Iridium-192 ...

Brachytherapy has a long and storied history in the treatment of cancer. The first successful applications of radioisotopes to treat cancer were reported shortly after the discovery of radium in 1898.