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At the risk of being redundant, I feel I must weigh in and state my surprise at the tone of this initial post. I fully agree with the others that have stated that no better experienced-based, unbiased, website exists.
The statement "for example the qualifications for brachytherapy as posted here are not factual" is out of line in my opinion.
If you go to treatment choices, you find this on the YANA site: (Brachytherapy) treatment is usually only considered to be appropriate for patients whose PSA is below 10, who have small prostates with no palpable disease, and who have a Gleason Grade 6 or less.
That is certainly not a statement of "qualifications" but rather a reasonable description of normal (usual) medical practices.
