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Quality of Life Following Treatment for Prostate Cancer Reported  -  25 Mar 2008
Cancer Consultants,1 Localized prostate cancer can be treated with equivalent results with surgery, external beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy, or combinations of these

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 25 --  -  25 Mar 2008
Biloxi Sun Herald,...of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy.

Oncology Med Executes Its Second Contract for Its New Prostate ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Market Wire (press release)Brachytherapy is the treatment of prostate cancer through the implantation of radioactive seeds. It is projected that the contract will add $ 300000.00 of

Study Details Effects of Prostate Cancer  -  Mar 19, 2008
The Associated PressNearly 300 of the men in the study underwent brachytherapy, which involved the implant of radioactive pellets (often called "seeds") in the prostate to kill

FDA Clears Expanded Use of Xoft's Axxent(R) Electronic ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),As a platform technology, the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System is designed to address a variety of oncological and non-oncological indications.

Balloon-Catheter Brachytherapy an Alternative to Whole-Breast ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
DG NewsBy Mary Beth Nierengarten CHICAGO -- March 17, 2008 -- Patients with early breast cancer who are treated by balloon-catheter brachytherapy (BCB) as an

Iodine-125 Seed Implantation (Permanent Brachytherapy) for ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
UroToday,We evaluated the treatments efficacy and morbidity in 300 prostate cancer patients who were followed up for more than 1 month after brachytherapy.

Quality of Life an Issue in Prostate Cancer Treatment  -  Mar 19, 2008
U.S. News & World Report,One major finding: adding hormone therapy to brachytherapy or radiation therapy worsened various quality-of-life measures. Men who received brachytherapy

Choosing a Prostate Cancer Therapy Just Got Easier  -  Mar 19, 2008
U.S. News & World Report,Some men received hormonal therapy or radiation in conjunction with the brachytherapy. The 1201 men surveyed had stage T1 or T2 prostate cancer.

IMRT May Have Fewer Side Effects than Brachytherapy for Prostate ...  -  Mar 7, 2008
Cancer Consultants,Two-hundred sixteen patients were treated with IMRT and 158 with brachytherapy. This was not a randomized trial, and each patient selected the mode of

Each Therapy for Prostate Cancer Has a Distinct Pattern of Adverse ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Medscape (subscription)In the study, the authors write that androgen suppression therapy exacerbated the adverse effects of radiotherapy and brachytherapy and that even a short

SAVI Breast Brachytherapy Provides Better Dose Control, Study Finds  -  Mar 3, 2008
Business Wire (press release),That tumor location excluded them from treatment with balloon brachytherapy, an older form of breast brachytherapy. “Roughly 30 to 40 percent of patients

Potent Brachytherapy Effective Against Vaginal Cancer  -  Mar 5, 2008
Cancerpage.com,NEW YORK MAR 04, 2008 (Reuters Health) - High-dose rate brachytherapy (HDRB) appears effective for many patients with primary or recurrent cancer of the

IBt - International Brachytherapy sa : Annual results 2007  -  Mar 6, 2008
Euronext (persbericht),...of EUR 0.83 million), and initial sales of brachytherapy equipment and accessories by IBt as a distributor for the products of Isodose Control and IBA.

Global Look at Fallout from Prostate Cancer Therapy Reveals Buried ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
MedPage Today,In a prospective study of 1201 patients treated with surgery, brachytherapy, or radiation, mood, energy, and other changes under the umbrella of "vitality"

IBt becomes n°1 In the permanent Brachytherapy market in Europe  -  Feb 28, 2008
Euronext (persbericht),As reminder, Bebig is, within the EZAG group, the entity that concentrates all the activities in the business of implants used for brachytherapy cancer

North American Scientific Reports Fiscal First Quarter Results  -  Mar 19, 2008
Earthtimes,This growth was driven by a 30% increase in our prostate brachytherapy business, and was partially offset by a decline in our non-therapeutic products

IsoRay Appoints New Chairman and Interim CEO and Announces ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
FOXBusinessMs. Woods served as the CEO of Pro-Qura, a medical services company focusing on brachytherapy quality assurance and education, from 2002 until joining the

Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Outcome among Prostate ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Results Adjuvant hormone therapy was associated with worse outcomes across multiple quality-of-life domains among patients receiving brachytherapy or

North American Scientific Reports Fiscal First Quarter Results (2º)  -  Mar 19, 2008
InfoBolsa,They include Prospera(R) brachytherapy seeds and SurTRAK(TM) needles and strands used primarily in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Belgium's IBt logs 2007 net loss, sees 2008 profit  -  Mar 6, 2008
Reuters..."IBt will continue its development strategy aimed at creating a group with a strong identity, seen as the reference in the field of brachytherapy cancer

North Shore Radiation Therapy Opens on Long Island, Offers Cancer ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
StreetInsider.com (subscription),Stereotactic Radiosurgery -- Prostate Brachytherapy -- Skin Brachytherapy -- Rectal Brachytherapy -- Breast Mammosite "We have raised the quality of

Prostate Cancer Guidelines Welcomed, UK  -  Mar 6, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),The Prostate Brachytherapy Advisory Group welcomes the NICE Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer published 27 February

Medical Textbook Authored By Local Physician, Revised  -  Mar 7, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Dattoli is physician-in-chief at Sarasota's Dattoli Cancer Center & Brachytherapy Research Institute. Published by the SmartMedicine Press, Seattle,

MammoSite® Shows Promise for Early-stage Breast Cancer Treatment  -  Feb 25, 2008
Cancer Consultants,Results of a multicenter trial have shown that MammoSite®, a delivery system for partial breast brachytherapy, appears to be an effective treatment for

Theragenics Corporation(R) Announces Analyst and Investor Meetings ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
WELT ONLINE,Theragenics Corporation (NYSE: TGX) operates two business segments: its brachytherapy seed business and its surgical products business.

Esophageal Stents Relieve Cancer-Related Dysphagia  -  Mar 6, 2008
Cancerpage.com,..."We previously found that brachytherapy was favorable over (Ultraflex) stent placement with regard to long-term relief of dysphagia and the occurrence of

Patient and Spousal Satisfaction After Prostate Cancer Treatment ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Science Daily (press release)Outcomes after prostate surgery, external radiation or brachytherapy (radioactive 'seeds') are highly individualized and depend not only on age,

North American Scientific Announces Resignation of CFO  -  Mar 4, 2008
Business Wire (press release),They include Prospera® brachytherapy seeds and SurTRAK™ needles and strands used primarily in the treatment of prostate cancer. In addition, the Company has

Cianna Medical Completes Funding Round for SAVI Technology  -  Feb 26, 2008
Business Wire (press release),The Series A funding will be used to support further commercialization of the company’s proprietary SAVI™ technology for breast brachytherapy.

Cancer telethon Tuesday  -  Mar 15, 2008
Utica Observer Dispatch,Services include the Inpatient Oncology Unit, Radiation Therapy Services, High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Comprehensive Breast Care

Cianna Medical Gets $9M  -  Feb 27, 2008
socalTech.com,The company, which is a spinout of BioLucent, said the funding will go towards further commercialization of the firm's breast brachytherapy technology.

Oncologix in Discussions for Disposition of Oncosphere Assets  -  Mar 19, 2008
CNNMoney.comThe Company was developing a brachytherapy (radiation therapy) device, the Oncosphere System, for the advanced medical treatment of soft tissue cancers

Three Year Analysis of Treatment Efficacy, Cosmesis, and Toxicity ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
FOXBusiness...cosmetic results and toxicities of patients enrolled in the American Society of Breast Surgeons MammoSite Breast Brachytherapy Registry Trial.

Size matters in prostate cancer treatment  -  Mar 21, 2008
United Press InternationalResearchers found that hormonal therapy, when combined with brachytherapy or with external radiation, worsened multiple aspects of quality-of-life.

Research on Prostate Cancer Therapies Gives Tips to Patients  -  Mar 21, 2008
eFluxMedia...looked at quality-of-life data on 1201 patients and 625 spouses or partners before and after radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy (which involved the

Varian Medical Systems Teams With Cogent Health Solutions to Offer ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Earthtimes,...of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy.

Prostate Cancer: Most men suffer diminished quality of life after ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
What Doctors Don't Tell You,The three standard surgical procedures for prostate cancer – prostatectomy, radiotherapy or brachytherapy – each comes with its own set of problems.

RUH LEADING THE WAY WITH PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENTS  -  Mar 20, 2008
Bath Chronicle,Treatments include radiotherapy, keyhole surgery and brachytherapy (implantation of radioactive seeds) and surgery for the removal of the prostate.

Life Quality After Prostate Cancer  -  Mar 19, 2008
WebMDBrachytherapy, implantation of radioactive seeds, either with or without androgen-suppressing therapy. Every one of these prostate cancer treatments is

New method of ophthalmic artery chemotherapy shows promise for ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
OSN SuperSite (subscription),One eye that had previously been irradiated developed retinal ischemia; another eye developed a radiation-like retinopathy after brachytherapy,

Urologist sentenced for fraudulent diagnoses  -  Mar 8, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Ali Moayed, 41, was also accused of falsifying pathology reports for two other patients and recommending they undergo the treatment, known as brachytherapy.

Beyond the Abstract - Prostate Specific Antigen Kinetics in the ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
UroToday,...modalities (ie active surveillance, external beam radiation, brachytherapy and surgery), PSA kinetics appear to significant prognostic importance.

Study says freezing successful in treatment of prostate cancer  -  Mar 17, 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,...it matches the success rates of other minimally invasive therapies including radiation seed implant therapy (brachytherapy) or radiation beam therapy.

A Review of Prostate Cancer Leaves Men in a Muddle  -  Feb 25, 2008
New York Times,Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial, would have compared surgical removal with brachytherapy, which involves implanting radioactive seeds.

Rs. 1.2-1.5 bn., from rights issue  -  Mar 15, 2008
Sunday Leader (subscription),Another form of treatment offered is Brachytherapy, which is internal radiation. Brachytherapy is the technique where the radiation source is placed within

Radiation method an alternative option for early breast cancer  -  Mar 15, 2008
Waterbury Republican American,MammoSite is a form of brachytherapy, or the permanent or temporary implantation of radioactive seeds. It has been used in various forms for more than a

WHY IT'S NOT JUST MEN WHOSE LIVES CAN BE HIT HARD BY MALE CANCER  -  Mar 15, 2008
Express & Echo,Mr Ferrier had high dose rate brachytherapy at the RD &E, which would not have been available without help from the Chestnut Appeal, offering treatment,

Guidelines Place Emphasis on Expectant Management of Patients With ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
DG News...with a life expectancy <10 years, either 3-dimensional conformal radiation, intensity modulated radiation therapy, or brachytherapy, Dr. Mohler said.

JOHN IS PROOF IT PAYS TO TEST FOR PROSTATE CANCER  -  Mar 10, 2008
Express & Echo,At the hospital, which at the time was one of only three in the country to offer the treatment, he received high-dose rate brachytherapy, which concentrates

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