Stanford Radiation Oncologist Explains Radiation Therapy Treatment for Prostate Cancer

CONTENT DESCRIPTION 0:01 Introduction 3:00 Shared decision-making 3:45 Risk assessment 7:40 General treatment options 8:47 Survival and prostate cancer 9:29 Radiation treatment options 14:47 Radiation therapy explained and video 21:07 Radiation side effects 25:44 Prostate brachytherapy 34:41 PSA monitoring after treatment 38:40 HDR monotherapy Do you think this video would be helpful to other patients? Did you find this information helpful? Please leave a comment below because it is a great way to help someone else making their decision and for Stanford to add content that matters to you. For more information about the HDR monotherapy clinical trial see: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/N... For another video about the benefits of Brachytherapy see:    • Brachytherapy for Intermediate and High-Ri...   Stanford Radiation Oncologist, prostate cancer specialist, and Director of the Genitourinary Cancers Program for Radiation Oncology, Mark Buyyounouski, MD, MS, explains radiation therapy and brachytherapy for prostate cancer. Closed captions available. Select options for a translation to various languages. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Buyyounouski at Stanford, please call: 650-736-0845. Learn more at: http://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical... Visit: http://stanfordhealthcare.org