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Westgerman Prostate Center
Klinik am Ring
Hohenstaufenring 28
D-50674 Cologne, Germany

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Brachytherapy

Less occurrence of bladder and colon cancer after brachytherapy than after surgery and radiation The risk to develop a bladder or colorectal cancer as a secondary tumor after radiation, e.g., brachytherapy, ...
... During the so-called brachytherapy, smallest radiation sources are placed directly into the prostate under ultrasound control. Thus, brachytherapy has a major advantage over radical surgery: "Through an ...
... therapy for prostate cancer becomes increasingly more important. Today, the placement of tiny radiation sources (radioactive seeds) directly into the prostate (brachytherapy), intensity-modulated radiotherapy, ...
Paradigm change in the therapy of localized prostate cancer If prostate cancer is detected at an early stage, surgeries, brachytherapy and external irradiation offer equal chance of recovery. Since a ...
... therapy for prostate cancer becomes increasingly more important. Today, the placement of tiny radiation sources (radioactive seeds) directly into the prostate (brachytherapy), intensity-modulated radiotherapy, ...
... methods like internal radiation. In the so-called brachytherapy ultrasound guidance smallest radiation sources (seeds) are placed directly into the prostate. Thus the brachytherapy has a significant advantage ...
... of the brachytherapy in Germany, he has extensive clinical experience with surgical techniques for the treatment of prostate hyperplasia, and thereby ranks among the pioneers in the performing of modern ...
Paradigm change in the therapy of localized prostate cancer If prostate cancer is detected at an early stage, surgeries, brachytherapy and external irradiation offer equal chance of recovery. Since ...
Recent study has shown higher survival probability in patients with short-term increase in PSA after brachytherapy Patients who evidence a PSA bounce in the first years after brachytherapy (internal ...
Current results of the two-year SPIRIT-Study prove clear advantages of the brachytherapy Higher quality of life, rarely occurring incontinence and improved erectile function. The latest results from ...
Recent study has shown higher survival probability in patients with short-term increase in PSA after brachytherapy Patients who evidence a PSA bounce in the first years after brachytherapy (internal ...
Current results of the two-year SPIRIT-Study prove clear advantages of the brachytherapy Higher quality of life, rarely occurring incontinence and improved erectile function. The latest results from the ...
... are mainly modern radiotherapy techniques, such as brachytherapy. Unlike in radical prostatectomy, with the "internal exposure" to radiation the prostate gland remains intact. Through the introduction ...
... was the brachytherapy, a more refined radiotherapy method in which the smallest radiation sources (seeds) are directly inserted into the prostate. "The seeds destroy the tumor by high dose of targeted ...
... as the brachytherapy (internal radiation), it is of great advantage to have a precise knowledge about  the exact location and the spreading of the tumor. The better we know the tumor, the more targeted ...
... accurately. The precision in brachytherapy increases leading to an optimization of the treatment. The procedures lasts about 60 to 90 minutes. Since this is a minimal invasive procedure, the method is ...
... 2004) while is a much gentler treatment. *Neubauer S, Derakhshani P., Weise C., Spira G.: Interstitial low-dose-rate mono-brachytherapy with I125-relapse-free survival and dosimetric outcome for localised ...
... after surgical removal of the prostate. Another advantage is that the patients are able to accommodate professional and personal activities as early as two days after the procedure. The HDR brachytherapy ...
... with minimal side effects. Suitable for this are mainly modern radiotherapy techniques, such as brachytherapy. Unlike in radical prostatectomy, with the "internal exposure" to radiation the prostate ...
... in such cases is then often too late, because metastases could possibly have formed already. Side effects of the treatment: Brachytherapy “We are still not able to monitor patients with a low-risk ...
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