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What is a calypso prostate cancer treatment?

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Pin point radiation: This a specific system to guide radiation. A kind of radio guidance system is used to aim the radiation beam more accurately.

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Calypso: Calypso is a gps signaling method that allows radiation oncologists to more accurately give radiation treatment to the prostate by monitoring the location of the prostate gland in real time. A urologist places a rice kernel sized electromagnetic transmitter into the prostate that helps the radiation oncologist monitor the location ofthe prostate during treatment.

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