Prostate cancer treatment?
My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer about 5 weeks ago. It was stage 1 and his gleason score was 3 .Last week he went in for surgery. they used a laser to remove it next they will implant a radiation seed it will last for 12 weeks. does anyone have anymore information on this type of treatment I am a little confused on how this works
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This technique is called "brachytherapy", and is a great choice for patients who are acceptable candidates for it since it avoids the usually rather unpleasant potential side-effects of chemotherapy and the potential discomforts associated with "external" radiation treatment. The implanted "seed(s)" emit a low-level radiation that is powerful enough to travel only a very short distance, but far enough to destroy any cancer cells the laser surgery missed. Here's some commercial information: http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/body.cfm?id=639 And the National Cancer Institute pages: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/prostate/Patient/page6 http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/brachytherapy Best wishes to your husband...
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First off,your husband is in a very good place. Stage one is sooooo treatable. I know he will have a wonderful recovery. My two brothers have stage 3 and 4 and they have been going strong for over a decade.Look on the positive side if you can. I don't even know if my brothers are being treated with the radiation seed but it has been a way of treatment for many years. Wish your husband the very best.
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