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• About Prostate Cancer
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Prostate Cancer Prevention - Brachytherapy

Brachytherapy is a minimally invasive treatment option that administers radioactive seeds (the size of a grain of rice) directly into the prostate. A significant benefit of this procedure is its precision and the ability to use higher doses in the seeds without damaging any surrounding healthy tissue. The radioactive seeds are placed into thin needles and are directed into the prostate through the perineum. The seeds release low dose radiation for several weeks or months, killing the cancer cells.

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Brachytherapy is an outpatient procedure (averaging about 45 minutes in length), which does not require hospital stay. Most patients return to work or their normal activity within a few days. Potential side effects include frequent urination, incontinence (blockage of urinary flow), soreness or discomfort and impotence. However, recent studies have shown that some of these side effects are not permanent.

Envisioneering Medical focuses resources and technology to develop equipment to aid physicians in detection, diagnosis and treatment. The TargetScan 3D imaging and targeted biopsy system offers the first real advance in prostate imaging and biopsy in over a decade. It eases any discomfort of probing during examination, as once it is place, there is no need for repositioning. The system allows a physician to generate a true solid 3D image, manipulate it, and precisely plan and undertake a multi-sample biopsy of a targeted tissue mass in the prostate. Click to learn more about TargetScan 3D or ask your physician today.