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June 23rd

• Brachytherapy or sealed source radiotherapy - definition of Brachytherapy or sealed source radiotherapy in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

June 21st

• At V.A. Hospital, a Rogue Cancer Unit - NYTimes.com (6/21/09)

March 12th

• Is Beta Prostate The Most Powerful Prostate "Vitamin": Many men are trouobled due to the symptoms of a enlarged or enlarging prostate, and have no idea what to do. Nevertheless, there exist many natural prostate remedies emerging that are exceedingly powerful, and are providing men a viable alternative to drug treatments.

March 10th

• Radiation Oncology: Dana-farber

March 7th

• How to Treat Cancer with Radiation: Radiotherapy | eHow.com: The Treatment of cancer by means of using x-rays to shrink the tumors caused by cancer. Radiation is used to damage cancel cells, thereby the normal cells are able to repair for new growth. Radiation is also used to control pain by cancer patients.

March 4th

• Prostate Cancer Surgery: Weighing the Risks and Benefits, 2006: Includes quote (from a surgeon?) that "the trend in the past decade for greater use of seed implantation is seeing a reversal, driven by the recognition that seed implantation is over the long haul not nearly as benign as initially perceived and that it's not as effective an option for cure as was initially hoped"

January 16th

• Iodine-125 - Wikipedia: info on the stuff commonly used for (LDR) brachytherapy (the alternative being Palladium-103)

January 7th

• 125I versus 103Pd for low-risk prostate cancer: preliminary PSA outcomes from a prospective randomized multicenter trial - International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biolo gy*Physics: a detailed brachy comparison paper, just discussing effectiveness of treatment - no info on side effects
• I-125 Versus Pd-103 for Low Risk Prostate Cancer: Morbidity Outcomes From a Prospective Randomized Multi-center Controlled Trial - International Journal of Radiation Oncology: presentation summary of scientific study comparing different types of (low dose) brachytherapy - useful for showing general rates of side-effects - abstract matches published pdf.
• Radiotherapy - from NHS Library: describes use of low and high dose brachytherapy (within NHS?)
• Procedural information on HDR Brachytherapy: local patient info from South Devon NHS (from 2006?) where HDR is combined with external beam radiotherapy

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