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Prostate Brachytherapy

The Baptist Centers for Cancer Care & Diagnostics Center offers prostate brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer in adult men. Brachytherapy can be used to treat prostate cancer when the cancer is confined to the prostate gland. The procedure involves nonsurgically implanting tiny radioactive pellets about the size of a grain of rice directly into the middle of the cancer, where they give off radiation for about one year. Using a rectal ultrasound, physicians implant the pellets into the prostate with guide needles.

The advantages of using brachytherapy are:

  • It eliminates diseases caused by surgical incision into the abdominal cavity, which is the traditional method of treatment for prostate cancer.
  • It is an outpatient procedure, so patients do not have to stay in the hospital.
  • Patients recover and can return to normal activity more quickly.
  • Allows for precise placement of the seeds and results in a more uniform seed distribution throughout the prostate
  • Minimal bleeding from procedure
  • Relatively low long-term morbidity
  • One-time procedure
  • More comfortable procedure for older patients in poor medical condition
  • Preserves sexual potency
  • Almost no patients experience urinary incontinence
  • Proven to be highly effective with few side effects

Our brachytherapy team comprises urologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, medical dosimetrists and nursing staff and is involved with the patient from diagnosis through treatment and recovery. The Baptist Centers for Cancer Care & Diagnostics Center is the only facility in the North Mississippi area that provides real-time dosimetric planning using an ultrasound-guided technique.

For more information about prostate brachytherapy, consult your physician and/or the Baptist Centers for Cancer Care & Diagnostics Center at (662) 513-9650.


Last modified: 6/12/2009


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