Protocols for high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) monotherapy vary. In recent years, practitioners have adopted various schedules for patient and physician convenience. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: brachytherapy, dose, HDR, high-dose-rate, outcome, schedule | 2 Comments »
In the past, high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy has been used alone or (more commonly) in combination with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. However, when used alone, it has been necessary to treat the patient with several sessions of HDR brachytherapy. … READ MORE …
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As far as we are aware there are limited data comparing the outcomes of patients treated with high-dose IMRT to those of patients treated with high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy + IMRT as first-line therapy. … READ MORE …
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A few days ago we reported on a study which concluded that the addition of high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy to intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) had limited short-term clinical benefit in the treatment of localized prostate cancer compared to IMRT alone. Newly published Australian data is arguably supportive of this viewpoint. … READ MORE …
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There have been strong suggestions over the years (at least from some physician groups) that the combination of brachytherapy with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) was associated with superior outcomes compared to the use of EBRT alone in treatment of localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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