Prostate Cancer Treatment.

cupotee2 | 16:46 Tue 05th May 2015 | Body & Soul

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I recently read somewhere about a new treatment for Prostate Cancer.

It, as far as I remember, involved something being inserted under the flesh to allow a slow release of medication to be administered instead of going to a Radiology department.

Can anyone enlighten what this is please.

Thank you

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Sqad

cupotee....can't think of anything recently BUT slow release hormone ( a sustained-release luteinizing hormone--releasing hormone (LHRH) ) injected beneath the skin has been used for a long time.

sorry if you have something else in mind.

UKSWF

Could you be thinking of Brachytherapy. Radiation beads that are inserted directly into the prostate?

Sqad

UKSWF....both your suggestion and mine, have been around for at least a decade.

cassa333

My OH had Brachytherapy. He is now completely cured. Well according to the latest test results he is

cassa333

Forgot to say they inserted about 120 grains of radioactive 'seeds' about the size of a grain of rice that seeped radioactivity for a while to kill all the cancer sells. After ten months I think they had finished being radioactive.

cupotee2

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Thank you for the replies.

Brachytherapy sounds like the treatment I have heard about. At the moment a friend is receiving the treatment and off to far off lands on an extended holiday with his consultants blessing..

My reason for asking today is my OH is being fast tracked for possible Prostrate Cancer.

I want to learn as much as I can before the appointment and what ever many follow.

Thanks for the help.. x

askyourgran

My brother in law has prostate cancer he is injected with what he calls a 'magic bullet' which I think delivers a dose of hormones every two or three months. He has been doing well, but has reached the limit of his treatment now and his blood levels are Ok so we hope it has helped him. My OH has had tests for prostate cancer recently, he was given the all clear. It seems that men around the ages of 70/75+ tend to have a larger prostate gland as they age, OH's was soft and not considered to be cancerous which was a relief, the waiting was stressful.