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In terms of patient survival,
brachytherapy was associated with a higher four-year cause-specific survival (64.
Imaging, either by repeated computer tomography (CT) scans or preferably magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is used at the time of
brachytherapy in order to delineate both the tumour and organs at risk in relation the applicator.
Unlike EBRT, high radiation dose delivered with
brachytherapy produces much lower, usually undetectable PSA levels at long-term follow-up, suggesting an ablative effect of high radiation dose on prostate tissue.
Brachytherapy patients had the lowest rate of genitourinary problems (5.
Rhodri Morgan said in Plenary on January 30, 'Brian Gibbons and I are working very hard to try to produce - within days, we hope, rather than weeks - a service within Wales, involving Velindre NHS Trust being able to offer
brachytherapy to patients in Wales.
Dr Richards said: "Hugh James is currently seeking judicial review of Health Commission Wales' refusal to date to fund Mr Galvin's
brachytherapy treatment.
Also at 2 years, 68% of the
brachytherapy group remained free of the composite end point of death, MI, or target vessel revascularization, compared with 59% in the placebo group.
LDR
brachytherapy has been used to treat about 12 000 patients in Canada over the past 20 years.
There is a distinction between the alternative therapy - radiotherapy - which is available in Wales and
brachytherapy.
