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VIDEO: Dr. Saibish “The current role of Brachytherapy”

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      May 2013 Scotiabank Awateness Night Dr. Saibishkumar Elantholi Parameswaran, “Dr. Saibish” MBBS, MD, FRCPC Assistant Professor,  Department of Radiation Oncology, University of TorontoRadiation Oncologist, The Princess Margaret University Health Network “Prostate cancer treatment: the current role of Brachytherapy” In early-stage prostate cancer, brachytherapy has a proven performance that is on a par with benchmark prostate cancer treatments such as the radical prostatectomy.The indications for use of this approach are expanding, and modifications in brachytherapy techniques have resulted in improvement in tumour-related outcomes along with better quality of life and convenience for patients with prostate cancer.This presentation details the evolution […]

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Brachytherapy a Good Option for Younger Prostate Cancer Patients

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Brachytherapy (BT) provides excellent long-term outcomes for relatively young men with clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa), researchers reported. In a study of 236 men aged 60 years or younger with clinically localized PCa, BT alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) was associated with eight-year PSA relapse-free survival (RFS), cancer-specific survival, and overall survival rates of 96%, 99%, and 96%, respectively, according to findings published in BJU International (2013;111:1231-1236). BT-based approaches also were associated with a low risk of long-term genitourinary (GI) and gastrointestinal (GI) morbidities, with erectile function preserved in more than half of patients. Read

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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer Advances

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Laser ablation, cryotherapy, and hemiablative brachytherapy are among the novel approaches that show promise for the focal treatment of localized prostate cancer (PCa), according to studies presented at the 28th annual congress of the European Association of Urology. Most of these treatments are performed under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance. Read the article.

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VIDEO: Introduction To Brachytherapy

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Dr. Saibishkumar Elantholi Parameswaran  (Dr. Saibish) Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto Canada Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto Dr. Saibish uses this video at Princess Margaret Hospital to familiarize his patients with Brachytherapy. There is information on Prostate Cancer, as well. 12 minutes

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