Becker’s ASC Review sat down with Randy Whaley, director of business development for United Medical Systems, to tackle a reader’s question about what is needed for an ASC to be able to offer and ...

Vienna, Austria: The use of permanent brachytherapy, a procedure where radioactive sources are placed inside the prostate, into or near to the tumour, preserves erectile function in approximately 50% ...

From his perspective, one of the most persistent misconceptions in prostate cancer care relates to how patients interpret value.

Oct. 8, 2002 — Brachytherapy is effective in breast cancer, according to two presentations on Oct. 8 at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology annual meeting held in New Orleans, ...

For patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR) of a drug-eluting stent, intracoronary brachytherapy is a safe and effective treatment option, although its success decreases with the number of stent ...

Brachytherapy is an internal radiation therapy that people may have during treatment for endometrial cancer. A doctor may suggest brachytherapy after surgery or if surgery is not an option. The ...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a very lethal disease, with an average of less than 10% of patients surviving for five years. Most tumors present with this cancer are unresectable, locally ...

Adding supplemental external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) did not improve outcomes in higher-risk cancer patients who had brachytherapy, according to the long-term results of two trials. Specifically, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Brachytherapy for the treatment of intracranial malignancies holds tremendous promise for optimal management of ...

For prostate and penile cancer, scientists have developed an implant the size of a grain of rice that can deliver targeted radiation to the problem area and nowhere else. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...