When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Brachytherapy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy

   Body sites in which brachytherapy can be used to treat cancer. Brachytherapy is commonly used to treat cancers of the cervix, prostate, breast, and skin. [1]Brachytherapy can also be used in the treatment of tumours of the brain, eye, head and neck region (lip, floor of mouth, tongue, nasopharynx and oropharynx), [10] respiratory tract (trachea and bronchi), digestive tract (oesophagus, gall ...

3. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_of_prostate_cancer

   Surgical removal of the prostate, or prostatectomy, is a common treatment either for early-stage prostate cancer or for cancer that has failed to respond to radiation therapy. The most common type is radical retropubic prostatectomy , when the surgeon removes the prostate through an abdominal incision.

4. Prostate brachytherapy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_brachytherapy

   LDR prostate brachytherapy (seed or line source implantation) is a proven treatment for low to high risk localized prostate cancer (when the cancer is contained within the prostate). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Under a general anaesthetic, the radioactive seeds are injected through fine needles directly into the prostate , so that the radiotherapy can destroy ...

5. Prostate cancer - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer

   Prostate tumors were first described in the mid-19th century, during surgeries on men with urinary obstructions. Initially, prostatectomy was the primary treatment for prostate cancer. By the mid-20th century, radiation treatments and hormone therapies were developed to improve prostate cancer treatment.

6. High-dose proton radiation could shorten breast cancer treatment

   www.aol.com/therapy-offers-promising-look-future...

   Proton beam therapy has been shown to be just as effective as traditional chemotherapy, with fewer side effects and less treatment time. High-dose proton radiation could shorten breast cancer ...

7. Androgen deprivation therapy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_deprivation_therapy

   Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), also called androgen ablation therapy or androgen suppression therapy, is an antihormone therapy whose main use is in treating prostate cancer. Prostate cancer cells usually require androgen hormones, such as testosterone, to grow. ADT reduces the levels of androgen hormones, with drugs or surgery, to prevent ...