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Brachytherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy Brachytherapy (from the Greek word brachy, meaning "short-distance"), also known as internal radiotherapy, sealed source radiotherapy, curietherapy or endocurietherapy, is a form ... more...
Brachytherapy and Tomotherapy at Cancer Treatment Centers of America ...
http://www.brachytherapy.com/ Information on the Brachytherapy Unit. more...
Brachytherapy
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?PG=brachy Current and accurate information for patients about Brachytherapy . Learn about the medical professionals who might be involved with this procedure, the equipment that might be ... more...
ABS - About Brachytherapy: What is Brachytherapy?
http://www.americanbrachytherapy.org/aboutBrachytherapy/brachy.cfm About Brachytherapy. Derived from ancient Greek words for short distance (brachy) and treatment (therapy), it is sometimes called seed implantation and is an outpatient procedure ... more...
Brachytherapy — Treatment Options at Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.org/brachytherapy/ Brachytherapy Explore brachytherapy radiotherapy for cervical, endometrial, prostate and bile duct cancers at Mayo Clinic. more...



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Diablo Valley Oncology First Cancer Center in Northern California to ... - PR Newswire
PLEASANT HILL, Calif. , March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Advances in the world of radiation therapy have led to the development of a new procedure for the treatment of early stage breast cancer, non-melanoma skin cancers, and some gynecologic cancers ... read more...
Theragenics Corporation® Announces Annual Meeting Date - TMCnet
BUFORD, Ga. --(Business Wire)-- Theragenics Corporation® (NYSE: TGX), a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, today announced its Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Thursday, May ... read more...
ASCO GU: Higher-Priced Prostate Therapy Taking Over - MedPage Today
Within brachytherapy, the addition of intensity-modulated radiation therapy jumped from 8.5% to 31.1% over the same period ( P <0.0001). Observational studies have begun to show benefits compared with traditional, three-dimensional conformal ... read more...
With prostate cancer treatment, who you see is often what you get - Los Angeles Times Blogs
If radiation, it can be delivered conventionally, with proton beams, or by implantation of radioactive seeds, an approach called brachytherapy. What makes ... radiation oncologist, however, 78% had radiation therapy. Among men who saw a urologist and ... read more...
Dr Crippen: On the problem with prostate cancer screening - The Guardian
There is a much-publicised screening test for early prostate cancer , but GPs hesitate before ordering the test on demand. A slightly raised PSA (a protein that healthy prostates produce in small amounts) may indicate early prostate cancer, but it ... read more...