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Brachytherapy, also known as sealed source radiotherapy or endocurietherapy, is a form of radiotherapy where a radioactive source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment. Brachytherapy is commonly used to treat localized prostate cancer and cancers of the head and neck.
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| Condition | Members | Success |
| Prostate Cancer | 7 |
71% |
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Brachytherapy Reviews
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It is working very well. Had 66 seed implants in March 2009 followed by 35 radiation treatments. Side effects have been minimal. PSA continues to drop.
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Tom had 66 Cesium-131 seeds implanted April 9, 2008. His 1st follow up PSA was 1.2 in July08 and in October08 it was .9. He will have followup visit January09.
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Scheduled for May 29, 07. Volume study showed a 40.5 cm prostate.
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sexual function
Brachytherapy is the least evasive to sexual function. But other treatment plans work but the biggest issue is getting the best surgeon or oncologist... [More] -
What should we ask the doctor?
There are a number of treatment options you can ask about. External radiation, brachytherapy(radioactive seeds injected into the prostate) and surger... [More] -
rising PSA?
In my case, it took about a month and shortly thereafter I underwent radiation. The adrogen deprivation therapy (Lupron)was to shrink my large prosta... [More] -
wives
Brachytherapy can only be performed if the prostate is not too enlarged. Mine was a little to large for that so I had external radiation. That took ... [More] -
dad has Prostate Cancer at 45
TCO - you mentioned you don't like the idea of catheters. External radiation which I had does not require a catheter. Internal radiation, called brac... [More]
