Sentences with phrase «brachytherapy requires»

«Brachytherapy requires a lot of physician effort and expertise and reimburses poorly for that effort,» Showalter said.

The problem stems partly from the amount of physician time brachytherapy requires: It takes 80 + percent more personnel time to administer brachytherapy than it does to deliver the increasingly popular alternative, external beam radiation.

Not exact matches

If the disease requires treatment and isn't widespread, he will use focal brachytherapy — implanted radioactive seeds — to irradiate only the tumor, sparing the surrounding tissue.

After accounting for the costs and time involved, the researchers found that Medicare reimburses four times more per minute required for a less effective alternative than it does for brachytherapy.

Due to the multidisciplinary nature of HDR brachytherapy treatment, the modality requires coordination among several clinicians to treat the patient accurately and safely.