Seed Implants for Prostate Cancer

Prostate Brachytherapy is not a new technique. From the outset it was clear that the source of radiation in the body and as close to the tumor, significantly improve the prospects for recovery.

Brachytherapy is a form of radiotherapy, using one or more applicators (flexible catheters, tubes or needles) radioactive sources are placed on the patient.
Sometimes the term "brachytherapy" is used to form an internal medicine to identify tumor.

On average, men in the surgery group had worse urinary incontinence than those who received the seed implants,although men in the group seed implants reported frequent attacks incontinence.

In addition to comparing prostate cancer patients who received the seed implants with those who underwent surgery, the study first compared the quality of life in patients who received seed implant alone with those who received the seed implants and external beam radiation. For about 25 percent of patients with aggressive prostate cancer, external beam radiation is an important part of their treatment because of the seed implant alone can not effectively curb their disease.

The range of seed and the process of implantation has been increasingly developed. An important innovation is to include the marketing of seeds through a thin wire connected to each other so that 'float' actually incurred. In the past, the danger that the seeds migrate through the prostate, even with the risk of their relationship sexual partner's body ends. 


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