Sentences with phrase «permanent brachytherapy»
NRG Oncology / RTOG 0232 is a phase III, multi-institutional trial conducted at 68 cancer centers throughout the U.S. and Canada from 2003 to 2012 to assess whether adding EBT to transperineal interstitial permanent brachytherapy conveyed an additional benefit in progression free survival (PFS), or control of the cancer growth, at five years following treatment.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/ Not exact matches
Results from a randomised controlled trial to compare the use of permanent radioactive implants (brachytherapy) with dose - escalated external beam radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer show that the men who received brachytherapy were twice as likely to be cancer - free five years later.
Of particular interest was urethral sparing during permanent seed implants for prostate brachytherapy and measurement of breathing pattern changes for patients undergoing external beam treatment for lung cancer.