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@colleenyoung

@famcare, as @vircet mentions, placing radioactive sources (or seeds) in the prostate gland is called prostate brachytherapy. This type of radiation can kill the cancer cells while causing less damage to healthy tissue nearby.

I moved your message asking for the experiences of others who have had brachytherapy to this existing discussion:
- Brachytherapy? Anyone have thoughts? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/brachytherapy-anyone-have-thots/

I did this so you can read previous posts and connect with members like @stevenp @robertmizek @spino @rjw4usmc @octopuss @cstrutt52 who have had brachytherapy.

@famcare, is this a treatment option that you are considering?

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robertmizek | @robertmizek | 5 days ago

I used to be a big supporter of brachytherapy. I no longer am. I had brachytherapy in 2020 and it failed in 2023. The Doctor who did the procedure told me that if cancer came back, it was an easy option to have surgical removal of the prostate if the procedure failed. That turned out not to be true and I only found five doctors in the whole US that could or even would attempt to remove my prostate after LDR failed.
Other treatment modalities, such as cryo- or HIFU might be better as in the case of failure, there is a no collateral damage of surrounding tissues unlike LDR brachytherapy.

You’re a low decipher score is a positive indicator that you might have these options for sure.

Good luck. Hope everything goes well.

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