Sentences with phrase «inserting radioactive seeds»
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In the case of the prostate, usually a radioactive seed is inserted into the patient and it goes directly to the tumor.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/
2009: Faculty Advisor Danny Song, M.D., developed a computer - assisted version of brachytherapy, a prostate cancer therapy that uses radioactive seeds inserted in the prostate to kill cancer cells.
The device is a handheld metal detector that can be inserted into a surgical incision to help locate small titanium markers without an invasive procedure to insert a localizing wire or radioactive seed.