Prostate Cancer Radiation Seeds. The terms brachytherapy or internal radiation therapy might also be used to describe this procedure. Because of the low x ray radiation energy released radiation exposure to adjacent normal organs is reduced.
In recent years the seeds are strung together to avoid seed movement outside the prostate could migrate to other parts of your body. High dose seeds require a short hospital stay are temporarily moved through very small tubes placed in the prostate. The terms brachytherapy or internal radiation therapy might also be used to describe this procedure.
The radiation has a very short half life is not harmful to anyone you may come in contact.
It is a type of internal radiotherapy. Although the seeds remain in your prostate for the rest of your life the amount of radiation released by them is low to begin with decreases with time and. Radioactive seed implants are a form of radiation therapy for prostate cancer brachytherapy or internal radiation therapy are also terms used to describe this procedure. The type of seed determines the amount of radiation released by the seeds and the duration of treatment.
