External beam therapy is used as a curative treatment in men with localized prostate cancer stages t1 or t2 or with locally advanced disease.
External beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
When treating prostate cancer there are two main types of radiation external beam radiation and brachytherapy internal radiation.
The prostate is a male sex gland that helps make semen.
Permanent low dose brachytherapy and temporary high dose brachytherapy.
External beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer is treatment using radiation to kill cancer cells in your prostate.
Brachytherapy is an initial type of radiation and comes in two forms.
It wraps around your urethra and the bottom of your bladder.
The urethra is a tube that carries urine from your bladder to the end of your penis.
External beam radiation and brachytherapy.
When it comes to prostate cancer there are two kinds of radiation treatment.
Sometimes it is given in conjunction with brachytherapy.
Your doctor may recommend external beam radiation for prostate cancer as an option at different times during your cancer treatment and for different reasons including.