Re: Protect study and brachytherapy

[Guest guest]

Hello and group

I had a look in the NICE guidelines, and low-dose brachytherapy is

approved by NICE (27th July 2005) under the following conditions:

- the man understands that it’s not clear how the procedure affects

general health and the chance of the cancer returning in the long

term

- the man understands what is involved in this and the alternative

treatment options

- the man agrees (consents) to the treatment

- the results of the procedure are monitored.

High-dose is where the seeds are more radio-active and are removed

after a short time, by the way. Low-dose is where they stay in.

So maybe you need to update the people on the Protect study.

If you want to read the NICE guidelines, go to:

http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=104838

All the best

Sheena Carmichael