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, ...

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

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

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 ...

The "Man Van" reached almost 3,500 men, 85% of whom showed up for scheduled screening exams. Almost 100 prostate cancers were ...

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 ...

He revealed, “The aim of radiation therapy is to deliver a precise measured dose of radiation to a defined tumour volume with ...

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/ ...

Brain metastases from prostate cancer (PC) seem to be more frequent than in the past, possibly because advances in the treatment of patients with castration-resistant PC have prolonged their survival.