Prostate brachytherapy is an effective treatment option for men with localized prostate cancer with excellent cure rates and a favorable toxicity profile. Having a more detailed understanding of seed movement after an implant will provide clinicians with details about the clinical impact of these phenomena on implants and provide the detailed understanding of these phenomena that are necessary for more sophisticated brachytherapy implants that are envisioned in the future.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
treated with prostate brachytherapy
low risk or intermediate risk prostate cancer
ambulatory
stable medical condition
18 years of age or older
capable of informed consent
You may not be if
no use of any hormonal therapy
unable to have MRI scans (ie. presence of metallic foreign object, aneurysm clip, cardiac pacemaker, internal wires, implanted pump, implanted cardiac device, claustrophobia, etc.
Clareo Health | Seed Movement in Prostate Brachytherapy Implants: Clinical Measurement and Dosimetric Consequences
