EXPERIENCE IN THE USE OF LOW-POWER BRACHYTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF LOW-RISK PROSTATE CANCER WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS OF THE NIZHNY NOVGOROD REGIONAL CLINICAL ONCOLOGICAL DISPENSARY

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A.A. Gavrilov, V.A. Karov, S.V. Gamayunov, Ya.I. Plastinin, A.B. Chaprak, Sh.M. Magomedov, D.I. Buldakov, D.S. Krupinova

Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary, Nizhniy Novgorod

Gavrilov Andrey A. ― resident doctor of the 12^th oncological department of oncourology of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary

11/1 Delovaya Str., Nizhniy Novgorod, 603163, Russian Federation, tel. +7-910-798-17-20, e-mail: Urolog_gavrilov@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0009-0006-1845-7369

Abstract. Due to the spread of early diagnosis cancer of prostate the number of patients who have stages I and II of the disease. The development of technology gives increasing interest in organ-preserving techniques such as radiation therapy and its varieties in contact radiation therapy, low-dose and high-dose brachytherapy This article describes the main indications and contraindications for low-power brachytherapy and the experience of treating 98 patients at the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Oncology Center.

Key words: prostate cancer, interstitial radiation therapy, low-dose brachytherapy, low-power brachytherapy, opposite indication, group prognosis, results, treatment experience.