Applications of Brachytherapy

Prostate LDR Brachytherapy: Intraoperative planning technique

The real time intraoperative adaptive approach to brachytherapy offers a great improvement over preplanned treatment. Fewer seeds are needed to produce the same total; this offers a smaller radiation dose with fewer side effects. We document our experience on Long Island with 1449 cases over a 12 year period, with respect to biochemical freedom from progression and overall survival rates. Treatment of men under 60 and potency outcomes are also discussed.