Brachytherapy

Breast brachytherapy

is a

5-day radiation therapy alternative

for women with

early 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.