In Meraouna et al.'s study, the failure-free survival rate was 66% at 3 years of follow-up. Regarding treatment-related morbidities, 12.3% of patients experienced grade 3 genitourinary (GU) toxicity, ...

Brachytherapy uses sealed radioactive sources that are placed directly into tumors (interstitial) or in body cavities (intracavitary). One example is the implant of some 125Iodine inside the prostate ...

External beam radiation therapy with or without short-term androgen deprivation showed 15-year survival benefits for ...

A mobile prostate cancer screening program proved feasible for men in underserved neighborhoods and led to a high rate of ...

So we get seeds, in our case Iodine-125, we inject them into the prostate and this cures the patient of the cancer," says Prof Peter Mungai Ngugi a Urologist at Nairobi Hospital. Brachytherapy is ...

At the end of that time, the sources are no longer radioactive and will remain inside the patient’s body. Permanent brachytherapy is used, for example, to treat prostate cancer. » Does temporary ...

A nurse-led mobile healthcare clinic identified a high proportion of clinically significant prostate cancers among men from ...

Finally, the probe was attached to a brachytherapy stepper and cradle ... dominant pattern 4 or greater. Prostate cancer was detected in 142/181 (78%). When analysed by lesion (Table 2a), 180/ ...

He was unaware that brachytherapy errors at the Philadelphia ... Kao used radioactive seeds to attack the patient's prostate cancer, but later Rev. Flippin learned that he received a substandard ...