Safer cancer treatment for patients in Singapore
August 26th, 2010 Posted in radiation therapyDoctors at the National University Hospital in Singapore, claim to have become the first in Southeast Asia to treat prostate, cervical and breast cancers using High-dose-rate (HDR) Brachytherapy.
Coupled with 3-D imaging using CT scans and MRIs, the result is a faster and safer option than conventional radiation therapy.
External beam radiotherapy is currently the conventional option for treating higher stage prostate cancer.
But by combining that with HDR Brachytherapy, total treatment time will be cut by nearly half, fom eight and a half weeks, to about five weeks.