When Beth Ann Meyer’s husband, Stewart, was diagnosed with prostate cancer last fall they considered their treatment options. The Chickasha couple chose the benefits of brachytherapy offered at ...

Anyone associated with ASCs is aware of the sweeping changes CMS has instituted to the facility payment system. Few specialties or procedures have undergone more changes than prostate brachytherapy.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Novant Health Zimmer Cancer Institute is now offering a new treatment that reduces radiation exposure for patients with gynecological cancers. The procedure, interstitial ...

The evidence on which this guidance was based is derived from treatment of breast cancer in women. Treatment depends on pathology, stage and grade. Surgery is usually the first option and may involve ...

There are two main types of cancer of the cervix. The most common, squamous cell carcinoma, usually develops from the cells which cover the outer surface of the cervix (the ectocervix). The other, ...

The Department of Radiation Oncology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jammu has successfully performed ...

To develop and make available a methodology and procedures for national External Audit Groups for verification of the reference air kerma rate of high dose rate Co-60 and/or Ir-192 brachytherapy micro ...

Researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System have identified specific ways in which addressing religion and spirituality during radiation therapy can play an important role in the care of patients ...

Anyone associated with ASCs is aware of the sweeping changes CMS has instituted to the facility payment system. Few specialties or procedures have undergone more changes than prostate brachytherapy.