RADICAL prostatectomyOVERALL survivalRadiation therapy plays a key role in the treatment of prostate cancer on its own. For higher risk diseases, the risk of recurrence following single modality therapy increases and a combination of treatment modalities may be necessary to achieve o...
Other possible side effects of external beam radiation therapy are: Tiredness. Your fatigue might not lift until a few weeks or months after you finish getting radiation therapy. Lymphedema. If radiation therapy damages the lymph nodes around your prostate gland, the fluid can build up in your ...
Dose Escalation With Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy Affects the Outcome in Prostate Cancer Purpose: To quantify three-dimensional (3D) movement of the prostate gland with the patient in the supine and prone positions and to analyze the movement ... Zelefsky,M.,J.,... - 《Journa...
Background/aim:This study aimed to evaluate the treatment outcomes of radiation therapy (RT) for localized prostate cancer in elderly patients aged ≥75 years. Patients and methods:We retrospectively investigated data of patients aged ≥75 years with prostate cancer who underwent intensity-modulated ra...
The use of the serum marker prostate-specific antigen () has altered drastically the follow-up after . is far superior to any other method of detecting recurrences after either radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy. Once the reaches a nadir level after radiation therapy or becomes undetectable...
Prostate cancer patients who receive hormone treatments before undergoing three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) do not have increased side effects compared with those not receiving hormone therapy before radiation, according to a new study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology...
PURPOSE: To analyze the frequency and clinical importance of proctitis and hematochezia after radiation therapy for prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Of 63 patients with prostate cancer treated with curative intent by a single radiation oncologist between July 1, 1993, and December 31, 1997, ...
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We tested the erectile function in 23 patients (mean age, 65 years) who received radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Fifteen patients experienced changes in erectile potency following radiotherapy. Neurological, endocrine, and vascular testing revealed abnormalities in 0, 5, and 15 of these ...
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Boost for Unfavorable Prostate Cancer: The Georgetown University Experience Intensity-modulated radia- tion therapy with stereotactic body radiation therapy boost for unfavorable prostate cancer: the Georgetown University experi- ence....