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CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Specialist with 25 years of experience: Understanding High Dose Rate Brachytherapy, History of HDR Brachytherapy, Typical Procedure of HDR Brachythearpy
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Understanding High Dose Rate Brachytherapy. History of HDR Brachytherapy. Typical HDR Brachytherapy Procedure. 1 History of HDR Brachytherapy. To understand the High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy system. One needs to know about the Low Dose Rate (LDR) brachytherapy system. In order to compare the two. LDR, once the only type of brachytherapy available, has limitations:. To the tumor and nearby structures. Because the patient is radioactive, radiation protection precautions. The HDR system uses a single.
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Information About Radiation Therapy
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External Beam Radiation: Radiation therapy is an ideal treatment solution for many types of cancers including prostate cancer. Radiation works similar to chemotherapy. It temporarily causes inflammation of all of the tissues within a treatment area. While normal tissues have the ability to restore this damage caused by inflammation, cancer cells cannot repair themselves and subsequently die while the normal tissues eventually return healthy. Approximately a month following the procedure there is a very s...
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CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Specialist with 25 years of experience: High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: include tongue, buccal mucosa (cheek), floor of mouth, oropharynx, palate, tonsi
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As of January 4, 2010 Dr. Demanes and the program have relocated to UCLA. HDR Brachytherapy for Head and Neck Cancer. Head and neck cancers include tongue, buccal mucosa (cheek), floor of mouth, oropharynx, palate, tonsil, parotid gland, nasopharynx, and lymph nodes in the neck. Brachytherapy can be done either with an interstitial implant or intracavitary implant but most implants done in this region are interstitial implant. Type of Implant for Head and Neck Cases. 3-D image is of an intracavitary impl...
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CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Specialist with 25 years of experience: Prostate Cancer Publications Section I, Studies of High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
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Prostate Publications and Articles. High-dose-rate intensity modulated brachytherapy with External Beam Irradiation for Prostate Cancer: California endocurietherapy's 10-year results. Lack of Benefit from A Short Course of Androgen Deprivation for Unfavorable Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with an Accelerated Hypofractionated Regime. High Dose Rate Monotherapy for Prostate Cancer Early Result. High Dose Rate Monotherapy for Prostate Cancer: CET's 5-year results. D Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.,. To present the...
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CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
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As of January 4, 2010 Dr. Demanes and the program have relocated to UCLA. High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy For Prostate Cancer. Click here for a PDF of the CET Prostate Brochure. The two forms of brachytherapy performed today for the treatment of prostate cancer are low dose rate in the form of permanent seeds. And High Dose Rate (HDR) temporary implants. Combine HDR Brachytherapy and External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT). Benefit of HDR Brachytherapy. Effectiveness or HDR Brachytherapy. Fractions com...
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CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Specialist with 25 years of experience: Understanding High Dose Rate Brachytherapy, History of HDR Brachytherapy, Typical Procedure of HDR Brachythearpy
http://www.cetcancercenter.com/HDRbrachytherapy.html
Understanding High Dose Rate Brachytherapy. History of HDR Brachytherapy. Typical HDR Brachytherapy Procedure. 1 History of HDR Brachytherapy. To understand the High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy system. One needs to know about the Low Dose Rate (LDR) brachytherapy system. In order to compare the two. LDR, once the only type of brachytherapy available, has limitations:. To the tumor and nearby structures. Because the patient is radioactive, radiation protection precautions. The HDR system uses a single.
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CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Specialist with 25 years of experience: High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Publications published by CET
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As of January 4, 2010 Dr. Demanes and the program have relocated to UCLA. High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Publications. Prostate Publications and Articles. High-dose-rate intensity modulated brachytherapy with External Beam Irradiation for Prostate Cancer: California endocurietherapy's 10-year results. Lack of Benefit from A Short Course of Androgen Deprivation for Unfavorable Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with an Accelerated Hypofractionated Regime. How to compare published prostate study results. The A...
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CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Specialist with 25 years of experience: CET Cancer and Dr. Demanes on the Web
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As of January 4, 2010 Dr. Demanes and the program have relocated to UCLA. Demanes & CET in the news. News and Press release. Alamaden Times Weekly: Bay Area's CET provides new generation of cancer treatment by Jean Carbon Lewis, January 12, 2005. Oakland Business Review: Overcoming Prostate Cancer, March 2005. Nucletron Press Release 21 May 2001: California Freestanding Clinic Reaches 10,000th High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Treatment Fractions with Nucletron microSelectron High Dose Rate Remote Afterloader.
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CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Specialist with 25 years of experience: High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma Cancer
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As of January 4, 2010 Dr. Demanes and the program have relocated to UCLA. HDR Brachytherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma Cancer. 2 Surgery and HDR Procedure. 3 Benefit of HDR Brachytherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma Cancer. The ability to shape the radiation dose is especially advantageous in pediatric cases, where the growth plates in the bones must be spared from excessive radiation doses in order to avoid stunting. After the brachytherapy implant, further external beam therapy can be given if necessary. What ...