Prostate Cancer

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Radiation Therapy

Two types of radiation therapy are used to treat prostate cancer: brachytherapy and external radiation therapy (XRT).
Brachytherapy

This treatment involves implanting tiny, radioactive capsules (called "seeds") into the cancerous prostate gland. The seeds emit radiation that kills the malignant tumor. Men with small tumors confined to the prostate (stage T1 or T2) are candidates for brachytherapy.

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Proton beam is a form of radiation treatment that is becoming the "Gold Standard" in prostate cancer radiation treatment. As effective as surgery, hormones or focused beam (photon) treatment but with far less side effects. There are only 5 Proton Beam clinics in the US currently, but several more are being built, and more are planned. It has been used on prostate cancer since 1990.
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