Prostate cancer treatment?

My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer about 5 weeks ago. It was stage 1 and his gleason score was 3 .Last week he went in for surgery. they used a laser to remove it next they’ll implant a radiation seed it will last for 12 weeks. does anyone have anymore information on this type of treatment I’m a tiny confused on how this works

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This technique is called “brachytherapy”, and is a great choice for patients who are acceptable candidates for it since it avoids the usually rather unpleasant potential side-effects of chemotherapy and the potential discomforts associated with “external” radiation treatment. The implanted “seed(s)” emit a low-level radiation that’s powerful enough to travel only a very short distance, but far enough to destroy any cancer cells the laser surgery missed.

Here's some commercial information:

http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/body.cfm?i…

And the National Cancer Institute pages:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/t…

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/b…

Best wishes to your husband…

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First off,your husband is in a very good place. Stage one is sooooo treatable. I know he’ll have a wonderful recovery. My two brothers have stage 3 and 4 and they have been going strong for over a decade.Look on the positive side if you can. I don't even know if my brothers are being treated with the radiation seed but it has been a way of treatment for many years. Wish your husband the very best.

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