Guest guest Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Since my husband can't be treated until August when his Medicare kicks in, I am left to my own devices and research. Which translates to my mind coming up with odd questions! My question is, if brachytherapy (LDR) permanent seeds, fails, do they do salvage radiation? If yes, do the seeds cause any problems with the radiation? The reason I ask is that one seed doctor we spoke with said that radiation bounces of the seeds and does funny things. Now, this very easily could be that he said this because he does IMRT then seeds. So, he may have had a vested interest in saying that radiation can do funny things on seeds. So, does anyone know if you can do radiation as a salvage treatment to brachytherapy if it fails? Thanks, Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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