How long ago did doctors start performing prostate seed implants as treatment for prostate cancer?
Prostate brachytherapy has been performed since the 1960s. Modern techniques were introduced in the early 1980s when Dr. Holm (in Denmark) developed the first transrectal ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate seed implants (TPPI). Physicians from the USA then learned this technique and began performing TPPI in the USA in the late 1980s. The procedure has undergone major technical innovations in the last five years.
