Brachytherapy

1. Higher quality of life after brachytherapy

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2. HDR-Brachytherapy delivers outstanding cure-rates and quality of life

... localized advanced tumors benefit from combined radiotherapy. In this procedure, the tumor is irradiated internally as well as externally by way of HDR brachytherapy. This is shown by a study of the West-German ...

3. PSA test cuts mortality rate in half

... on achieving an optimal survival rates with minimal side effects. Modern radiotherapy methods, like brachytherapy, are here best suitable. In contrast to the radical prostatectomy, in brachytherapy the ...

4. Dr. Neubauer among the best seven Urologists in Germany

... In addition to his pioneer work during the introduction of the brachytherapy in Germany, he has extensive clinical experience with surgical techniques for the treatment of prostate hyperplasia, and thereby ...

5. PSA test cuts mortality rate in half

... rates with minimal side effects. Modern radiotherapy methods, like brachytherapy, are here best suitable. In contrast to the radical prostatectomy, in brachytherapy the prostate gland is preserved. With ...

6. International Patients

... the West German Prostate Center specializes in the treatment of prostate cancer with innovative Advanced-Technology Radiation Therapy, the so-called brachytherapy. Since founding of the interdisciplinary ...

7. Prostate Carcinoma: just wait and see, and not do anything?

... many of these tumors would never cause any problems, let alone cause death. In the battle of this “overtreatment“, the defensive strategies such as the „active surveillance“ or the low-risk brachytherapy ...

8. HDR-Brachytherpay delivers outstanding cure-rates and quality of life

... localized advanced tumors benefit from combined radiotherapy. In this procedure, the tumor is irradiated internally as well as externally by way of HDR brachytherapy. This is shown by a study of the West-German ...

9. Prostate Carcinoma: just wait and see, and not do anything?

... many of these tumors would never cause any problems, let alone cause death. In the battle of this “overtreatment“, the defensive strategies such as the „active surveillance“ or the low-risk brachytherapy ...

10. Guidelines confirm: less impotence and incontinence after seed implantations compared to surgery

What has already been evidenced in numerous international studies1, has now been confirmed by leading experts: prostate cancer patients, who receive brachytherapy (internal beam radiation), suffer significantly ...

11. IGRT increases precision in Radiation Therapy

... impotence and incontinence than surgery or external beam irradiation   As pioneers in the area of brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy), the West-German Prostate Center (WPZ) expanded its ...

12. Department of Urology at the KLINIK am RING successfully certified

... Dr. Stephan Neubauer and Dr. Pedram Derakhshani. “Especially with modern high-specialized treatment methods, such as brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy) for prostate carcinoma, the success depends ...

13. Implementing the prostate cancer guidelines

... as equal therapy option in the localized prostate carcinoma with low-risk profile Lower risk of incontinence and impotence in cases of brachytherapy in comparison to radical prostatectomy According ...

14. Individually tailored treatment for prostate cancer

... with internal radiation therapy (brachytherapy), radical prostatectomy or external radiation therapy. „As soon as the tumor has spread into the surrounding prostate or lymph nodes, the recovery rate drops ...

15. PSA test remains a standard screening method

... focus in the treatment of prostate cancer patients must be on achieving optimal recovery rates with minimal side effects. Better suited are here modern methods of radiotherapy, such as the brachytherapy. ...

16. International Research Association founded

... and training for physicians.“ The focal point in the research is here brachytherapy, an innovative method of modern radiation therapy. The „internal“ radiation is done in Germany since 2000 for the treatment ...

17. Ultrasound Elastography: accurate, quick and painless

... sonography. „The more differentiated the diagnoses, the more targeted the treatment of the prostate carcinoma“, underlines Derakhshani.  Especially in refined procedures such as the brachytherapy ...

18. Seed Implantation: success depends on team experience

... the brachytherapy has proven to be a successful procedure. During the so-called seed implantation, the smallest radioactive iodine seeds are implanted into the prostate. These destroy the tumor from the ...

19. Great response for the Prostate Patient Forum in Wiesbaden

... „Today with the brachytherapy there is an effective and gentle alternative to deal with prostate cancer“, says Dr. Gregor Spira of the West German Prostate Center. In brachytherapy, smallest radioactive ...

20. Cologne experts at „New York Brachytherapy Symposium“

The physicians of the West German Prostate Center, where invited by the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center to participate in a scientific symposium in New York, which addressed brachytherapy for the ...