In prostate cancer, prostate brachytherapy boost improves biochemical failure at 10 years but does not prolong long-term OS compared to EBRT boost.

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 ...

SBRT reduced biochemical failure and acute GU toxicity compared with HDR brachytherapy in intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Read more about the findings.

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 radiation oncology professional in a workshop on implementing image-guided brachytherapy, held during the IAEA International Conference on Advances ...

Brachytherapy is a form of localized radiation treatment used to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. The side effects associated with this therapy depend on several factors including: The tumour type ...

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 -- ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy machines to be installed in four medical colleges—Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, and Rewa—for cancer treatment in Madhya Pradesh cost more than ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...