What is prostate seed brachytherapy?

Also known as low-dose brachytherapy (LDR)

Internal radiation treatment where a large number of tiny radioactive seeds are put into the prostate.
These seeds have radioactive iodine which give off radiation over a few months to kill off cancer cells with little risk of damaging the organs around the prostate.
The treatment is done at the Odette Cancer Centre in the Brachytherapy Suite. You do not need to stay in the hospital for this treatment.
Your treatment is given to you by a team of Nurses, Radiation Oncologists, Radiation Therapists and Medical Physicists.

There are 3 steps to prostate seed brachytherapy treatment:

Step 1: Planning your trans-rectal ultrasound (called a TRUS)

Step 2: Implanting the radioactive seeds

Step 3: Follow up care