Brachytherapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Prostate Cancer focused on measuring stage I prostate cancer, stage IIB prostate cancer, stage IIA prostate cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven locally confined adenocarcinoma of the prostate Stage I or II (T1b-c or T2a-b, NX, M0) PSA no greater than 10 ng/mL Prostate volume by transurethral ultrasound no greater than 45/mm3 at least 1 week, but no more than 4 weeks, prior to implant Gleason score no greater than 6 American Urological Association voiding symptom score no greater than 12 No evidence of distant metastases No lymph node involvement PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: No prior or concurrent malignancy within 5 years except basal or squamous cell skin cancer No major medical or psychiatric illness PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No prior hormonal therapy, including finasteride Radiotherapy: No prior pelvic radiotherapy Surgery: No prior radical surgery for prostate cancer (e.g., transurethral prostatectomy) No hip prosthesis
Sites / Locations
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Huntsville Hospital System
- Urology Associates - Mobile AL
- MBCCOP - University of South Alabama
- Alabama Oncology, LLC
- Radiation Oncology Associates of West Alabama
- Providence Cancer Therapy Center
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
- Arizona Cancer Center
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank
- Mount Diablo Medical Center
- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
- California Cancer Center
- Saint Agnes Cancer Center
- Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center
- Sutter Health Western Division Cancer Research Group
- Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Los Angeles
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Cancer Care Center
- Mercy Medical Center - Redding
- Radiation Oncology Center - Sacramento
- UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- O'Connor Hospital
- Santa Cruz Radiation Oncology Medical Group, Inc.
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- Stanford University
- David Grant Medical Center
- Radiation Oncology Center - Walnut Creek
- Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- Bridgeport Hospital
- Whittingham Cancer Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Lykes Center for Radiation Therapy
- Halifax Medical Center
- Radiation Therapy Associates - Fort Myers
- University of Florida Health Science Center
- Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami
- Baptist Hospital of Miami
- Florida Radiation Oncology Group
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando
- Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center
- West Florida Cancer Institute - Pensacola
- Bayfront Medical Center
- Sarasota Radiation and Medical Oncology Center
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- CCOP - Atlanta Regional
- Medical Center/John B. Amos Community Cancer Center
- InterCommunity Cancer Center at Rome
- South Georgia Medical Center
- Northwest Community Hospital
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Lutheran General Cancer Care Center
- Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
- St. John's Medical Center
- Clarion Health Partners Inc.
- Community Hospitals of Indianapolis - Regional Cancer Center
- Ball Memorial Hospital
- Memorial Hospital of South Bend
- St. Joseph's Radiation Oncology Center
- Wendt Regional Cancer Center of Finley Hospital
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Medical Center at Bowling Green
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center
- Louisville Radiation Oncology
- Merle M. Mahr Cancer Center
- Western Baptist Hospital
- Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
- Romagosa Radiation Oncology Center
- East Jefferson General Hospital
- MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- CCOP - Ochsner
- Maine Medical Center
- Anne Arundel Oncology Center
- Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Cancer Center
- Harbor Hospital Center
- Radiation Oncology Affiliates of Maryland, P.A.
- Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Joint Center for Radiation Therapy
- Cape Cod Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Henry Ford Hospital
- McLaren Regional Cancer Center
- Hurley Medical Center
- CCOP - Kalamazoo
- Sparrow Regional Cancer Center
- Marquette General Hospital
- MidMichigan Regional Medical Center
- St. Mary's Medical Center
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- CCOP - Kansas City
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Saint Louis
- St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- Methodist Cancer Center - Omaha
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Elliot Regional Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- John F. Kennedy Medical Center
- Elizabeth General Medical Center - West
- South Jersey Hospital - Millville
- Fox Chase Cancer Center at Virtua-Memorial Hospital Burlington County
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Community Medical Center
- St. Francis Medical Center
- Saint Joseph Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany
- Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- New York Methodist Hospital
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Finger Lakes Radiation Oncology, P.C.
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- Beth Israel Medical Center
- Kaplan Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center
- Vassar Brothers Hospital
- Genesee Hospital - Rochester
- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- New York Medical College
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Northeast Medical Center
- East Carolina University School of Medicine
- Catawba Memorial Hospital
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
- Meritcare Roger Maris Cancer Center
- UNI-MED Medical Center
- Akron General Medical Center
- Akron City Hospital
- Christ Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- University Hospitals of Cleveland
- CCOP - Columbus
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
- CCOP - Dayton
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
- St. John Medical Center
- Samaritan Regional Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbia River Program
- Lehigh Valley Hospital
- St. Luke's Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Penn State Geisinger Medical Center
- Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Mercy Fitzgerald Divison
- Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- Penn State Geisinger Cancer Center
- Allegheny University Hospitals- Hahnemann
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Philadelphia
- Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Western Pennsylvania Hospital
- Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- Mercy Hospital Cancer Center - Scranton
- Grand View Hospital
- Wilkes Barre General Hospital
- CCOP - MainLine Health
- York Hospital
- Roger Williams Medical Center/BUSM
- Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Greenville
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
- Baptist Regional Cancer Center - Knoxville
- CCOP - Baptist Cancer Institute
- University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center
- Vanderbilt Cancer Center
- Harrington Cancer Center
- Julie and Ben Rogers Cancer Institute
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Wilford Hall - 59th Medical Wing
- Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center
- Bayshore Medical Center
- East Texas Medical Center - Cancer Institute
- Dixie Regional Medical Center
- LDS Hospital
- CCOP - Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center
- Vermont Cancer Center
- Green Mountain Oncology Group
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
- Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Cancer Center, University of Virginia HSC
- Virginia Baptist Hospital
- Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
- Massey Cancer Center
- Swedish Cancer Institute
- Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Deaconess Medical Center
- Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
- Schiffler Oncology Center
- St. Vincent Hospital
- Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison
- Southern Wisconsin Radiotherapy Center
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Marshfield Clinic
- Community Memorial Hospital
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- Columbia Hospital
- St. Luke's Medical Center
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki)
- Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Cancer Center
- Waukesha Memorial Hospital
- Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary
- Cross Cancer Institute
- British Columbia Cancer Agency - Vancouver Island Cancer Centre
- Doctor Leon Richard Oncology Centre
- Saint John Regional Hospital
- Nova Scotia Cancer Centre
- Cancer Care Ontario-Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre
- Kingston Regional Cancer Centre
- Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre - Civic Campus
- Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury
- Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Thunder Bay
- Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- McGill University Department of Oncology
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre