When it comes to prostate cancer, there are two kinds of ... called internal radiation therapy. It delivers radiation from small radioactive seeds or pellets, each the size of a grain of rice ...

"They found cancer in my prostate." As a cancer researcher who knows very well about the high incidence and decreased ...

Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy, where radioactive seeds are implanted into the prostate and kill the prostate cancer. Alternatively, ablative therapies use an energy source, such as ...

The next big test is whether using Pluvicto can delay the advancement of prostate cancer enough to delay chemical castration, ...

Treatment with five-fraction SBRT for prostate cancer may be more convenient than receiving ... Brachytherapy is the delivery of internal radiation by implanting radioactive seeds in the prostate or ...

For patients with low risk prostate cancer, permanent prostate ... (TRUS)-guided permanent prostate seed implantation brachytherapy (PPI), however, radiation is delivered directly from within ...

throughout your prostate. The seeds emit low doses of radiation that kill neighboring cancer cells. The radioactivity dissipates over several months, and in most cases the seeds are left in ...

a form of radiotherapy where tiny radioactive seeds are implanted into the prostate to slowly kill off the cancer cells. He chose the latter, as a less invasive option with fewer side effects.