Becker’s ASC Review sat down with Randy Whaley, director of business development for United Medical Systems, to tackle a reader’s question about what is needed for an ASC to be able to offer and ...

When Chris Muraithi, turned 45, he started going for regular tests to check his prostate. One of the tests performed during his visits to a medical facility is one that measures the level of ...

Pelvic second malignancy occurred twice as often after brachytherapy for prostate cancer as compared with radical prostatectomy, a large retrospective review showed. Second pelvic malignancy -- ...

Adding supplemental external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) did not improve outcomes in higher-risk cancer patients who had brachytherapy, according to the long-term results of two trials. Specifically, ...

Brachytherapy-based regimens appear to be effective salvage treatment for localized radiorecurrent prostate cancer, investigators reported at the 2024 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San ...

The growing complexity of prostate cancer care has introduced a wider range of clinically accepted treatment pathways, each with distinct implications for cure rates, side effects, recovery, and ...

Results from the NRG Oncology NRG-RTOG 0232 clinical trial adding external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to brachytherapy (BT) in men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer indicate that there was no ...

A pooled analysis of five prospective trials showed that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) was associated with a lower risk for biochemical failure over 10 years vs high-dose rate brachytherapy ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among men with good sexual function before treatment with low-dose brachytherapy for prostate cancer, erectile function is likely to remain good over the long term, ...

Brachytherapy is a type of radiation therapy. It involves placing radioactive material inside or near a tumor to destroy cancer cells. The procedure has some benefits over other radiation techniques ...