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Brachytherapy
Highlights
Breast brachytherapy
is a5-day radiation therapy alternative
for women withearly stage breast cancer
. Some of the highlights are:- The preferred treatment for early stage breast cancer is surgical removal of the cancerous lump (lumpectomy) followed by radiation therapy to the breast; radiation therapy following this eliminates the invisibly small deposits of cancer that can remain in the breast after lumpectomy.
External beam radiation therapy
is safe and very effective, but can take over six weeks of daily treatment.- New information suggests that less than the whole breast needs to be irradiated for confident in-breast cure of breast cancer after lumpectomy.
Breast brachytherapy is an accelerated 5-day treatment
for selected patients with early stage breast cancer. This technique treats a much smaller volume of breast and other tissues and avoids treating the breast skin with radiation.- Dr. Robert Kuske, Dr. Coral Quiet, and Dr. Scott Tannehill have more combined experience with breast brachytherapy than any other practice in the world!
Take a moment and watch this excellent video of Dr. Coral Quiet
reviewing the
breast brachytherapy radiation options
. She covers many of the choices, treatments and what you can expect. Just click on the arrow in the video and it will begin.
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