Guest guest Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Have any of you heard of this therapy? It's only offered in Georgia, and it combines both external beam and seeds, at lower radiation levels. They claim they have the best 10-year cure rate of ANY treatment. Their definition of cure is a PSA of >.2. They go on to claim that the cure rate of brachytherapy is only 30%!! Pat Walsh claims BT is comparable to surgery... I find their claims very suspect, since it seems to be commonly accepted that the cure rate with BT is measured by a doubling of baseline PSA, not just by some magical PSA number. Any thoughts?Best,VanTo: ProstateCancerSupport Sent: Fri, April 9, 2010 4:29:35 PMSubject: Re: High-dose brachytherapy? > Have any of you had the high-dose brachytherapy? How did you elect that > treatment, and how has it been for you? I've had 2 docs recommend the > regular brachytherapy, but I just spoke with a doc's asst. who said most > seeds are high-dose now... It sounds to me as if the asst did not comprehend what was being asked. There are two forms of brachytherapy: (1) Insertion of so-called (seeds) into the gland. These apply radiation directly to the gland and such PCa cells as there are. They eventually decline in radioctivity. (2) Insertion through the perineum of highly-radioactive rods or needles for a limited time over the course of a few days. Details are found on the encyclopedic site of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute. Specifically, here: http://www.prostate-cancer.org/pcricms/node/359 Just about any PCa topic can be found on the PCRI site. Regards, Steve J > Thank you in advance, > Van > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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