Brachytherapy

Yonsei Cancer Hospital reaches 1,000 cases of brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer

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Yonsei Cancer Hospital reaches 1,000 cases of brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer

On Day 3, Yonsei Cancer Hospital completed 1,000 cases of brachytherapy treatment on prostate cancer patients. Since Yonsei Cancer Hospital implemented the most advanced fourth-generation brachytherapy in 2012, the number of patients receiving the treatment has steadily increased. Brachytherapy is a procedure that permanently inserts a radioisotope into the prostate of a prostate cancer patient … Read more

Yonsei Cancer Hospital reaches 1,000 cases of brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer

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Yonsei Cancer Hospital reaches 1,000 cases of brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer

Professor Jae-ho Cho: “Intracorporeal radiation kills cancer cells, has few side effects and has a high cure rate.” Posted 2024.01.05 11:03 Views 2 Posted 2024.01.05 11:03 Views 2 Professor Jae-Ho Cho of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Yonsei Cancer Hospital is performing a brachytherapy procedure. [사진=연세암병원]Yonsei Cancer Hospital announced on the 4th that it … Read more

Yonsei Cancer Hospital performs 1,000 brachytherapy treatments for prostate cancer

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Yonsei Cancer Hospital performs 1,000 brachytherapy treatments for prostate cancer

Professor Jae-ho Cho (center) is taking a commemorative photo with the radiation oncology faculty. [메디칼업저버 신형주 기자] Yonsei Cancer Hospital has performed 1,000 cases of brachytherapy for prostate cancer. Since Yonsei Cancer Hospital began implementing fourth-generation brachytherapy, the most advanced treatment, in 2012, the number of patients receiving the treatment has steadily increased. Brachytherapy is … Read more