Prostate Volume Changes Following Prostate Brachytherapy With Iodine-125 Seeds

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Brachytherapy with Iodine-125 seeds

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00348465

NYM-353

Details and patient eligibility

About

The size of the prostate changes due to insertion of the radioactive seeds. We will measure the prostate size, before and after the procedure.

Full description

The prostate size will be measured using the TRUS and CT scan on days -1, 0, 1, 9, 30, and 60 days after the brachytherapy procedure.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pathologically confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer
• T1-3 disease
• PSA <20 ng/ml
• Patient must sign a study-specific informed consent prior to enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients ineligible to brachytherapy