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Is brachytherapy helpful for a prostate cancer patient who has metastasized cancer cells?
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No.: Brachytherapy is used in the treatment of localized prostate cancer, or cancer that has not spread outside of the prostate gland. If a patient has metastatic disease, treatments need to be systemic, with the aim of halting the growth & spread of the cancer throughout the body. These treatments include hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. Urologists & medical oncologists can help.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Possibly: Prostate cancer hurts you both from metastatic disease and locally. There is some evidence that treating the cancer (seeds for example) will decrease local problems. It doesn't cure the metastatic disease. www.peedoc.com.
Answered 8/8/2012
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No: Brachytherapy is a treatment for localized prostate cancer. If metastasis is present, the local treatment will not affect the distant cancer and will be of no overall benefit.
Answered 11/25/2016
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