The Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Mediclinic City Hospital has become the first hospital to provide prostate brachytherapy in the UAE. This highly effective treatment delivers high-precision radiotherapy directly into the prostate using needles placed under ultrasound guidance. This can cure cancer without a radical surgery or weeks-long course of radiotherapy.
Moreover, in comparative studies, brachytherapy is the most cost-effective treatment and has least risk of complications. The procedure only takes a couple of hours and the patient can go home the same day without needing time off work for recovery.
An engineer from Abu Dhabi became the first man with prostate cancer to benefit from this advanced form of treatment to cure his cancer without needing to go through a radical surgery.
A team of experts at the Comprehensive Cancer Centre successfully performed this pioneering procedure on March 9 using state-of-the-art equipment including the Varian GammaMed HDR brachytherapy mac
Prostate Brachytherapy delivers high-precision radiotherapy directly into the prostate using needles placed under ultrasound guidance. This can cure cancer..
Mediclinic City Hospital’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) is Dubai’s most advanced facility for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, offering a full range of cancer services under one roof.
With leading experts from the fields of medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, oncology surgeons, nuclear medicine, palliative medicine, genetic medicine and clinical research, patients benefit from the personalised treatment plans provided by the CCC.
The CCC is at the forefront of innovative cancer treatment and has recently introduced the treatment modality of brachytherapy to treat cervical cancer.
Brachytherapy is a radiotherapy technique in which radioactive devices are inserted near or directly into the tumours to safely deliver high doses of radiation to eliminate and shrink tumours.