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 ...

Pelvic second malignancy occurred twice as often after brachytherapy for prostate cancer as compared with radical prostatectomy, a large retrospective review showed. Second pelvic malignancy -- ...

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, ...

Radiation to prevent coronary arteries from re-narrowing after the implantation of cardiac stents, a briefly popular idea mostly abandoned a decade ago, may be making a comeback. A number of hospitals ...

There are no randomized trials to guide treatment decisions between radiotherapeutic and surgical options for patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer. Comparative studies have been limited ...

Men with favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer can be safely and effectively treated with radioactive-seed brachytherapy alone without needing additional external-beam radiation, a phase 3 ...

Malignant Transformation of Low-Grade Gliomas in Children: Lessons Learned From Rare Medical Events An article by Kavanagh et al 1 in a recent special issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology ...

Women who have early stage endometrial cancer and are inoperable tend to live longer if they have been treated with brachytherapy with or without external beam radiation, according to new research.

Brachytherapy is a form of internal radiation therapy that uses ionizing radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. It is often used in combination with chemotherapy drugs to decrease the risk ...

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 ...

BARCELONA, Spain — The declining use of brachytherapy was a much-discussed enigma among radiation oncologists and other experts who attended this year's European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology ...

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 ...