Brachytherapy........???

"wendy norman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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This is so new and I think they are going to do this to me on Tuesday. I
feel so helpless. Has anyone heard anything good or bad about it or
witnessed results?

Hi Wendy,

The term can be used in different contexts. Are you referring to its use in
conjunction with angioplasty and stents? If so, it is really a technique to
make a good procedure better. Angioplasties close up maybe 30% of the time -
though this is usually caught in follow-up and they are reopened with a repeat
angioplasty. Stents make it less likely that they will close up. Brachytherapy
improves upon stents making things even better. Also, as these things go, it
is not even that new - in some places it is being phased out by something
called drug eluting stents.

I had several angioplasties over 10 years ago, before there were stents. I
made it this far. Now your odds are even better.

Good luck!

Bill