ABSTRACT
Prostate brachytherapy (PB) in the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer is increasing dramatically worldwide. This resurgence in popularity is the result of improved technology and newer techniques that allow for an outpatient procedure. PB offers the potential advantage of convenience and decreased morbidity compared to radical prostatectomy (RP). There is also a widespread perception that PB is associated with a better quality of life compared with other treatments. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) encompasses a wide range of human experience. Contemporary definitions of HRQOL are based on the World Health Organization’s categorization of health as a ‘state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease’.1 It is important to emphasize that HRQOL, in general, involves the perceptions of health and ability to function as reported by the patient involved.
