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Prostrate cancer treatment has a high success rate. An alternative to one of the treatment options, surgery, is a radioactive “seed” (the size of a grain of rice) implanted into the prostate. This treatment is combined with radiotherapy for aggressive tumors and used alone as treatment for patients with a good prognosis. The study followed the survivors for 15 years and found that no other treatment surpassed the success rate of the radioactive seed treatments.
Due to variables with individuals and specific types of prostate cancer tumors all treatment options should be explored.
Tags: prostate cancer, radiotherapy, tumor