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Radiation Therapy |
Brachytherapy; Radiofrequency Ablation; Radiosurgery |
Brachytherapy for prostate cancer is administered using "seeds," small radioactive rods implanted directly into the tumour. Brachytherapy, also known as sealed source radiotherapy or endocurietherapy, is a form of radiotherapy where a radioactive source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment. Conversely, external beam radiotherapy, or teletherapy, is the application of radiation that has been externally produced by a linear accelerator. Brachytherapy is commonly used ...
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Radiation Therapy Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- American Society of Clinical Oncology http://www.asco.org/
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- International Radiosurgery Support Association
- Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/
- Radiological Society of North America http://www.rsna.org/
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- American College of Radiology http://www.acr.org/
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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