Length of Treatment

Hospital Stay 

Cyberknife Radiosurgery

No hospital stay

External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT)

Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)

No hospital stay

Calypso-Guided EEBRT/IMRT

No hospital stay

High-Dose-Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy

One or two hospital stays (1-2 days each)
 

Low-Dose-Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy (Seed Implant)

No hospital stay

Number/Length of Treatments

Cyberknife Radiosurgery

1 treatment daily for 5 days

External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT)

Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)

1 treatment daily for 8-9 weeks

Calypso-Guided EEBRT/IMRT

1 treatment daily for 8-9 weeks

High-Dose-Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy

1-2 day hospital stay, plus 5 weeks of external beam radiation therapy; or two implants with 1-2 day hospital stay each
 

Low-Dose-Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy (Seed Implant)

Single outpatient procedure; additional 5 weeks of external beam radiation therapy may be required