Making the decision At Yale, brachytherapy is an outpatient procedure and is done by a urologist and a radiation oncologist working together. This type of treatment tends to be patient-driven. The procedure is attractive to patients because the potency rates and the recovery time tend to be better when compared to surgery. Do your homework I tell my patients to ask lots of questions and do as much research as possible. Get opinions from surgeons and radiation oncologists.
Patients can never have too much information before making their decision.
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