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Dr. Dicker on Prostate Brachytherapy in the Philadelphia Inq...

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Dr. Dicker Discusses Customized Prostate Therapy

Dr. Adam Dicker, Interim Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital served as a reference about brachytherapy, a procedure involving the placement of radioactive seeds that is used to treat patients with prostate cancer.

The Philadelphia Inquirer sourced Dr. Adam Dicker, explaining how the prostate is imaged using ultrasound technology and customized, comprehensive treatment planning determines how many seeds should be used and where they should be placed. View the online image under Seed Implantation.

Publication: Philadelphia Inquirer
Published: 8/2/2009