Historical perspective on prostate brachytherapy.
Brachytherapy--radiation delivered close to or within a tumor--had its origins at the beginning of this century. Its use in prostate cancer was delayed first by the view that this was a relatively radioresistant cancer and then by clinical experience showing high failure and morbidity rates. More recently, technological innovations such as ultrasonography and computer-based treatment planning have made prostate brachytherapy a reasonable treatment option for many patients.
Division of Urology and the Oregon Cancer Center, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, USA.
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