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How Low Can You Go? Prostate SBRT Trials Find Dose Trade-Off

SBRT may ease toxicity, but the lower doses could come at the expense of cancer control, new data indicate. Experts suggest a ...

Shorter radiation improves patient experience but not disease control for intermediate-risk prostate cancer, trial finds

For patients with intermediate-risk, localized prostate cancer, radiation therapy delivered in five sessions reduced patient-reported side effects compared to longer courses of radiation, according to ...
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Survival Benefit Evades Pelvic Radiation in Less Aggressive Prostate Cancer

"Whether the modest trend in biochemical failure differences will sustain and translate into prostate cancer-specific or ...
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Prostate cancer: Short-course radiation just as effective as longer-term treatments

It used to be that radiation therapy for prostate cancer involved weeks or months of repeat visits to a clinic for treatment. Today that's not necessarily true. Instead of giving small doses ...
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What Are The Urinary Impacts Of Radiation Therapy Compared to Prostate Surgery?

Dr. Adam Dicker answers the question: 'Urinary Impact of Radiation Therapy?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: What are the urinary impacts of radiation therapy for prostate cancer, and how do they ...