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By Jordan A. Holmes, MD, MPH, and Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH  / August 25, 2017

Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer: An Old Form of Radiation Treatment That Is Still One of the Most Effective

BRACHYTHERAPY HAS a long track record in treating cancer, dating back to the first reported use of an implanted radioactive source in 1901, and brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer dates back to 1914, when Pasteu and Degrais used a radium source inserted through a urethral catheter. ...