How Long Is Treatment For Prostate Cancer When Seeds Are Implanted
I.M.R.T. -- Does Profit Potential Drive Prostate Cancer Treatmen
The front-page story details recent criticism of and skepticism about the growing popularity of external multiple beam radiation treatment (called I.M.R.T.), even though several other well-accepted treatment options exist.
I.M.R.T. is what I received at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital when I was diagnosed with prostate ... Read more »
Expert & Community Posts
Is there Life after Impotence?
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert...prostate cancer (surgery, external radiation, seed implantation), at least some will have a... Read more »
Every Man Makes His Own Decisions
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert...The next day he emailed me: he had decided on seed implantation, and was going to do it at... Read more »
MammoSite: FDA-Approved, But Does It Work?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...treatment every day for more than a month. If you live a long way from the hospital or cancer... Read more »
Prostate Cryoablation
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert...after they underwent external beam radiation or seed implant (brachytherapy) in the past. The... Read more »
After Prostate Cancer: Wearing the Badge of Survivor, Fearlessly
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...alternative to absorbent products was the surgical implantation of an artificial urinary... Read more »
Health Guide
Physical Causes of Erectile Dysfunction: Impotence Causes
...studies report a lower risk for impotence from brachytherapy, a radiation technique that involves the implantation of radioactive "seeds" compared to external-beam radiation. Still, there have... Read more »Diabetes Diet: Major Food Components in a healthy diabetic diet
...coronary artery disease. However, although fish and fish oil are good for the heart, patients who have an implantable defibrillator should not take fish oil supplements.Alpha-linolenic Acid.... Read more »Radiation Treatments for Prostate Cancer
...good candidates for 3D conformal techniques.BrachytherapyBrachytherapy is an outpatient technique that implants radioactive "seeds" directly into the prostate. Implants can be temporary or... Read more »Prostate Cancer: Other Treatments
...almost always a decline in sexual drive. Men who cannot achieve erection may be candidates for a penile implant. Patients do not experience a reversal of sex characteristics; the voice does not... Read more »Prostate Cancer: Options if Treatments Fail
...cancer was still present.Note: It is common for PSA levels to temporarily rise following radiation seed implantation without signaling cancer recurrence.General Prognosis with Recurrence or... Read more »Images
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