A directory of prostate cancer. Links to information about prostate cancer treatment, prevention, genetics, causes, screening, clinical trials and more.
Brachytherapy is a minimally invasive procedure where the doctor implants tiny permanent radioactive seeds (about the size of a grain of rice) into the prostate where they irradiate the cancer from inside the gland.
Men who receive a reproducible prostate specific antigen (PSA) test result of 7 ng/ml (nanograms per milliliter) or greater are more likely to have a subsequent prostate biopsy compared to men with lower but still abnormal test results.
Further work will be needed to simplify the test and to examine larger numbers of men to determine its cost-effectiveness before it can be applied more widely.
