Brachitherapy in Prostate Cancer

by The Acibadem Health Group

One of the alternative treatments in prostate cancer, brachitherapy is based on the principle of placing radioactive sources inside the prostate tissue which subject the cancerous tissue to slow but continuous beam emission at low dosages.

One of the alternative treatments in prostate cancer, brachitherapy is based on the principle of placing radioactive sources inside the prostate tissue which subject the cancerous tissue to slow but continuous beam emission at low dosages. Compared with other therapeutic methods, brachitherapy has fewer side effects and it is particularly successful in carefully selected patient populations.

Prostate cancer is the most frequently observed type of cancer in men over the age of 50. Therefore, particularly in the case of those men with a family history of prostate cancer, it is recommended that they start regular screenings as of 40 years of age. Those men with no family history of the disease are recommended to start routine screening for prostate cancer as of 50 years of age. A review of the statistical data reveals that there have been more than 200 thousand newly-diagnosed cases of prostate cancer in the USA last year. Approximately 1 million cases of prostate biopsies taken over a period of one year have resulted in approximately 20 per cent of the cases being diagnosed with prostate cancer. It is possible to completely cure prostate cancer provided that the disease is identified in its early stages. However, because the disease does not cause much discomfort except for difficulty in urinating, the number of patients who apply to a physician at the

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