Guest guest Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Van, If you go to http://www.yananow.net/Experiences.html#brachy you will find the stories of about 40 men who chose BT (Brachytherapy) as their treatment. you can contact most of them for additional information. You might also be interested in reading this piece discussing a new study comparing QOL (Quality Of Life) issues http://tinyurl.com/QOL2010Info All the best Prostate men need enlightening, not frightening Terry Herbert - diagnosed in 1996 and still going strong Read A Strange Place for unbiased information at http://www.yananow.net/StrangePlace/index.html From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of VH Sent: Tuesday, 6 April 2010 4:55 AM To: ProstateCancerSupport Subject: bracytherapy? Hi guys, I am considering getting brachytherapy, which has been recommended to me by 2 different doctors. If you have had this therapy, I would greatly appreciate hearing how it's worked for you. Best, Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I read the article and it was interesting except for the fact that it dealt only with men that were stage T1c and lower. It should have also included the watchful waiting and ADT treatments too since they are valid options for the low risk patients too. T1c is low risk and a lot of the procedures are done to placate the “I want it out” mentality. Brachytherapy is actually not recommended for higher risk patients. --------------------------------------------------------- If you go to http://www.yananow.net/Experiences.html#brachy you will find the stories of about 40 men who chose BT (Brachytherapy) as their treatment. you can contact most of them for additional information. You might also be interested in reading this piece discussing a new study comparing QOL (Quality Of Life) issues http://tinyurl.com/QOL2010Info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Larry Helber wrote: > ... Brachytherapy is actually not recommended for higher risk > patients. Let me qualify that and say that, when used with higher risk patients, it's often combined with external beam radiation and/or hormone therapy. External beam radiation can treat the area around the prostate, as well as the prostate itself. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 On 4/5/10, Alan replied to Larry: > External beam radiation can treat the area around the prostate, > as well as the prostate itself. Agreed. But it must be understood that that is *local* tx (treatment). It will have no effect at all upon any metastases. And those mets may be undetectable by current technology. Moreover, the PCa may be “systemic†which is outside the gland but not (yet) nested in a bone or organ. Be warned. Regards, Steve J > > Alan > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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