Early Prostate Cancer Treatment Project

Radiation Oncology at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) and Urology at CMJAH and Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) have long waiting lists for patients to receive prostate cancer treatment. Treatment options involved 7-weeks of daily external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or operations (radical prostatectomy) with extended hospital recovery stays. With limited linear accelerator time and surgical theatre time, patients wait up to 5 years before treatment, and some upstage their cancer. Using prostate brachytherapy, radioactive seeds are inserted into the prostate to treat the prostate cancer. The procedure takes 1 hour (vs. 4-5 hours for a radical prostatectomy), and patients are discharged the next day. Success rate is equivalent to the other treatment modalities for early-stage prostate cancer, and cures over 90% of patients.

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