Radioactive seeds are an effective and very exciting therapy for men who are not candidates for surgery or don't want surgery. What that involves is taking tiny little rice-sized pellets, making ...

Men with prostate cancer have a slightly better long-term side effects profile with radiation seed implants than they do with surgery, according to a study. Men with prostate cancer have a ...

The device known as the BioProtect Balloon Implant was tested on patients with localized prostate cancer. It is designed to reduce radiation exposure to the rectum by expanding to increase the ...

Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of ...

The post-procedure summary says that all went well when Dr. Kao used radioactive seeds ... patient's prostate cancer, but later Rev. Flippin learned that he received a substandard implant.

Prostate cancer treatment often involves a multidisciplinary ... and brachytherapy, where we implant radiation seeds inside the prostate to treat it from within," he added. For those who cannot ...