| prostate cancer brachytherapy in the last 20 years, | | | | but its efficacy still needs clinical studies further |
| treatment of prostate cancer research in the field is | | | | support. HDR brachytherapy technology requires |
| hot. | | | | specially trained doctors who can only operate in |
| We can also called it hdr prostate cancer treatment. | | | | order to ensure good treatment outcomes. Prostate |
| Over the years of early localized prostate cancer | | | | cancer incidence in the United States and Europe is |
| with low-dose-rate brachytherapy , but in recent | | | | higher, surgery, endocrine therapy and radiation |
| years in U.S. cancer treatment centers have gradually | | | | treatment, is the main treatment for prostate cancer. |
| carried out for localized prostate cancer, high dose | | | | In fact, prostate cancer radiation therapy in the |
| rate (hish-dose-rate, HDR) brachytherapy. A number | | | | treatment of the role played by far is not the |
| of studies showed that hypofractionated high dose | | | | majority of clinical doctors and patients recognized. |
| rate radiation, brachytherapy for prostate cancer | | | | For prostate cancer ,because of its location and the |
| might be more effective. | | | | pathological specificity of lesion, most patients have |
| HDR brachytherapy is usually combined with external | | | | progression of the disease in its very long period of |
| radiation therapy used in locally advanced prostate | | | | time, multiple lesions confined to the prostate and |
| cancer cure, clinical research results were initially | | | | pelvic region, which means there is no distant |
| confirmed the efficacy of this treatment program; | | | | metastasis are the local and regional disease, on |
| In addition, a separate HDR brachytherapy can also | | | | which a radiation therapy can play its unique role. |
| be used for the treatment of early prostate cancer, | | | | |