 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Cathy,
I honestly don't know why brachytherapy isn't used more often. If I remember right it too was originally developed for a prostate cancer treatment. They have a new type where they plant the devices then charge them up
I'm guessing here but it may have to do with hazardous waste disposal. These things will end up in 55 gal drums somewhere in Nevada.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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