Clinical Minutes - UVa Offers New Seed Implants for Localized Prostate Cancer UVa Offers New Seed Implants for Localized Prostate Cancer U Va Health System is introducing a new approach in the use of radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer remains the most common cancer in men and the second-leading cause of death in men.
The most common treatment for prostate cancer, surgical removal is most often used in the early stage of localized cancers. Its side effects can i nclude incontinence and impotence. Radiation therapy . This method can cause incontinence and impotence and can produce rectal complications caused by the beam of radiation striking the rectal wall. Hormone therapy .