Dallas, TX - In a study hailed as the "first rigorous analysis of the costs of brachytherapy," Dr David J Cohen (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA) and colleagues report that the cost ...
Brachytherapy is a type of radiation therapy. It involves placing radioactive material inside or near a tumor to destroy cancer cells. The procedure has some benefits over other radiation techniques ...
Value in health care is defined as outcomes achieved per dollar spent, and understanding cost is critical to delivering high-value care. Traditional costing methods reflect charges rather than ...
Pelvic second malignancy occurred twice as often after brachytherapy for prostate cancer as compared with radical prostatectomy, a large retrospective review showed. Second pelvic malignancy -- ...
Doctors refer to internal radiation therapy as brachytherapy. They administer brachytherapy via an implant in the body, which they often place in the cervix, uterus, or vagina to treat cervical cancer ...
Brussels, 17 July 2025 – Today marks Brachytherapy Awareness Day, a global initiative to spotlight a cancer treatment that is saving lives with precision: brachytherapy. This advanced form of internal ...
As long-term cancer survival outcomes improve, the brain has increasingly become a site of refractory and recurrent disease. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), neurosurgeon Nelson Moss, ...
Vaginal cuff brachytherapy is a treatment that can help prevent endometrial cancer from spreading to the upper part of your vagina. It involves inserting a radioactive cylinder into your vagina to ...