Dedicated operators performing brachytherapy catheter insertion should have extensive experience in flexible bronchoscopy and management of central airway lesions. Trainees should perform at least ...

Chao KK, Vicini FA, Wallace M, et al. Analysis of treatment efficacy, cosmesis, and toxicity using the MammoSite breast brachytherapy catheter to deliver accelerated partial-breast irradiation ...

The new protocol is based on a prior method called brachytherapy, a more invasive method of delivering ... a small radioactive particle is inserted into the prostate through catheters and needles.

With the exception of NIBB, breast brachytherapy will involve some sort of invasive procedure. The radioactive source may be delivered using a needle-like applicator, via one or more temporary ...

Focal therapy can be performed using any of a number of devices or techniques, including thermoablative methods, such as cryotherapy or HIFU, radiation techniques, such as brachytherapy ...

FORT MILL, SC / ACCESSWIRE / November 14, 2024 / Catheter Precision, Inc. (NYSE American:VTAK), a U.S.-based innovative medical device company focused on electrophysiology products, today ...

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A small catheter or plastic tubing may be threaded through the trocar, the trocar withdrawn, and the gold suspension injected into the patient via the catheter or tubing. This doubly ensures that ...

Companies who receive scientific advice from our NICE Advice service may experience a faster path to guidance publication, a study has found. Our associate director of NICE Advice outlines his top ...

Dr. Cynthia Menard delved into the role of Brachytherapy for Unfavorable Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer. The ASCENDE-SBRT, or PR 24 trial, is a randomized controlled trial led by the Canadian ...

Each year, urinary catheters are inserted in more than 5 million patients in acute care hospitals and long-term care (LTC) facilities. Historically, indwelling urinary catheters (IUC) have been used ...

This technique is called brachytherapy (internal radiation). You may be given one or both types of radiation during treatment. Radiation therapy of either type may be used alone or in conjunction with ...