Brachytherapy is a form of localized radiation therapy that is used to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. The treatment is usually overseen by a radiation oncologist who evaluates the patient and ...

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, ...

A new white paper has been issued that recommends specific guidance to follow in the delivery of high-dose-rate brachytherapy to improve quality and patient safety. To ensure correct actions are ...

Purpose: To summarise the practical aspects of the development of techniques of interstitial permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB) implantation. Prostate brachytherapy dates back to Pasteau's ...

There are a number of different techniques available to perform prostate brachytherapy, all of which, when performed by experienced hands, provide reproducible high-dose radiation targetted to the ...

The evidence on which this guidance was based is derived from treatment of breast cancer in women. Treatment depends on pathology, stage and grade. Surgery is usually the first option and may involve ...

After obtaining formal institutional review board approval, the charts of 441 patients from 1996 to 2005 receiving low-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer at our institution were reviewed. Of ...

Anyone associated with ASCs is aware of the sweeping changes CMS has instituted to the facility payment system. Few specialties or procedures have undergone more changes than prostate brachytherapy.

2.1.1 Treatment options for prostate cancer depend on whether the disease is localised to the prostate gland. Current management options for localised prostate cancer include radiotherapy, radical ...

Anyone associated with ASCs is aware of the sweeping changes CMS has instituted to the facility payment system. Few specialties or procedures have undergone more changes than prostate brachytherapy.