According to a new comprehensive report from The Insight Partners, the Brachytherapy Devices Market is witnessing significant ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Over the past few days, shares of Pheton have experienced an extraordinary and unexpected decline in its share price, which the Company believes may have been triggered by a speculative article ...

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.