Dr. Kuettel answers the question: 'Prostate Surgery After Seed Implants?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: Can I have prostate surgery after seed implant therapy if the cancer is not fully treated? Answer: ...

Dr. Horwitz answers the question: 'When Is Seed Implant Therapy Not Done?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: When is seed implant therapy not a treatment option for prostate cancer? Answer: A seed implant ...

Aside from skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men. About one in seven men will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime, and prostate cancer is the third leading cause ...

July 23, 2009 — Substandard prostate cancer brachytherapy procedures performed at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, represent an "isolated incident," according to ...

This Review highlights current areas of controversy and development in the field of transperineal permanent prostate seed implantation brachytherapy (PPI), in particular the technological evolution of ...

Men diagnosed with prostate cancer have a number of treatments to choose from, but it's a daunting task to figure out the right mix of therapies for an individual patient. Trends among medical ...

July 1, 2009 — Earlier this week, a Congressional hearing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was told of "erratic" placement of radiation seeds used in brachytherapy for prostate cancer that had ended up ...

Prostate cancer patients cut their risk of dying of the disease in half when they receive radiation seed implants to treat their cancer, compared to those who don't receive active treatment, within ...

In the first significant advancement in brachytherapy in more than 15 years, physicians at UW Medical Center have today (Oct. 26) implanted for the first time in the world a new type of radioactive ...

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 ...

While Gary Pickering worked for a distribution company in San Diego, he began promoting a test that helps detect if a man has prostate cancer. Called the prostate specific antigen test, or PSA, it ...