No
operation for a beginning stage of cancer.
Prostate Cancer
• It can be cured if it found early.
• It can be detected by PSA test.
• PSA test is crucial for men over 50 years
old.
• Brachytherapy seed implants are a New Surgery
Treatment.
New Therapy
• Now prostate cancer can be treated by
brachytherapy, a new treatment with very few side effects.A
Tiny seed will be put into the prostate, taking 1 hour.
Then,the patient can go home and do normal activities
after 2-3 days.
• The new therapy has very few side effects,
compared with radiation therapy or an operation which
may affect the sex drive and the intestine.
• After the treatment. PSA will decrease to
a normal rate or lower(80%) and after ten years follow
up, brachytherapy patients can expect to live longer then
patients who used other treatments.
Seeds
Seeds of brachytherapy are very tiny, made from titaniame(no
need to take out of the body). The seeds will spread
radiation into cancer cells in the prostrate for 2-3
months and will not destroy other tissues. The seeds
will be inserted through a needle without any pain,.there
fore an operation will not be needed.
Not only one time brachytherapy is for prostate cancer,
but also for other diseases, under doctors' advice.
For more information about the Prostate Cancer and ITS
treatment, Please consult the doctor
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