How is brachytherapy used to treat advanced prostate cancer?

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How is brachytherapy used to treat advanced prostate cancer?

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danish · Answer 1 · 2020-01-25T10:01:27+0000

Brachytherapy uses small pellets, about the size of rice grains, which slowly give off radiation inside your prostate. Doctors will give you medicine to put you to sleep or make your body numb, then put the pellets in through thin needles.

How is brachytherapy used to treat advanced prostate cancer?

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