UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                          Date of report: May 8, 2007

                           THERAGENICS CORPORATION(R)

               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

        Delaware                    000-15443                    58-1528626
(State of incorporation)    (Commission File Number)           (IRS Employer
                                                             Identification No.)

                           5203 Bristol Industrial Way
                              Buford, Georgia 30518

               (Address of principal executive offices / Zip Code)
                                 (770) 271-0233
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On May 8, 2007,  Theragenics  Corporation  (the  "Company")  issued a press
release regarding its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended April
1, 2007.  The  Company's  press  release is  furnished  as Exhibit  99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.

     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached
hereto shall not be deemed  "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934  (the  "Exchange  Act")  or  otherwise  subject  to  the
liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in
any filing under the Securities  Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act,  regardless of
any general incorporation language in such filing.
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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                                        Theragenics Corporation

                                                             (Registrant)

                                                          Dated: May 8, 2007

                                                    By: /s/ M. Christine Jacobs
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                                                        M. Christine Jacobs
                                                        Chief Executive Officer
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.         Description

99.1                Press Release, dated May 8, 2007 of Theragenics Corporation.