How do I find a real “expert” in brachytherapy?
In selecting a physician (for any type of treatment) you will need to be assertive and do your homework. Don’t be shy about asking the doctor how many cases he or she has done and what their success rate is. Ask to speak to numerous patients who will share their experiences with you, and especially patients who were treated up to a decade ago and beyond. Dr. Dattoli and Dr. Sorace, over their 15-year partnership, have performed many thousands of prostate brachytherapy procedures… more than any practice in the world. Their success rate using brachytherapy and radiation (currently 4D IG-IMRT with dynamically adaptive radiation treatment – DART) is in excess of 90% in intermediate and low-risk prostate cancers and greater than 80% even in the most locally advanced high risk prostate cancer. To quote Dr. Dattoli, “This is cancer. When it comes to the placement of seeds and IG-IMRT micro-beamlets, you want every shot to be a bulls-eye!
