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Plant City Commissioner Undergoes Cancer Treatments
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Published: February 12, 2009
PLANT CITY - Longtime city commissioner and former mayor Mike Sparkman is scheduled next week for nonsurgical treatment for prostate cancer.
The 64-year-old Sparkman said he will undergo prostate seeding brachytherapy on Monday.
The technique that injects tiny radioactive seeds directly into the prostate gland is an alternative to surgery for early stage prostate cancer. The process typically takes less than an hour and is often performed as a minor outpatient procedure, according to various Internet medical sites.
Sparkman said there are no plans for radiation treatment that physicians sometimes recommend in conjunction with brachytherapy.
Sparkman needs to briefly return to the hospital one week after the procedure "to make sure everything is fine," he said. .
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