A 10-year long clinical trial has revealed that a radiotherapy regimen that involves higher doses of radiation is better for patients suffering from localized prostate cancer than lower doses. Having 37 rounds, or fractions, of radiotherapy at 74 Gray (Gy) - compared with 32 fractions at 64 Gy - controlled the disease more effectively and reduced the chance that men would need follow-up hormone-deprivation therapy, which can have long-term side-effects. The ...Thursday 27 February 2014
Intensive Radiotherapy Better for Localized Prostate Cancer
A 10-year long clinical trial has revealed that a radiotherapy regimen that involves higher doses of radiation is better for patients suffering from localized prostate cancer than lower doses. Having 37 rounds, or fractions, of radiotherapy at 74 Gray (Gy) - compared with 32 fractions at 64 Gy - controlled the disease more effectively and reduced the chance that men would need follow-up hormone-deprivation therapy, which can have long-term side-effects. The ...
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