Radiotherapy for elder patients aged ≥80 with clinically localized prostate cancer – Brachytherapy enhanced late GU toxicity especially in elderly

Radiotherapy for elder patients aged ≥80 with clinically localized prostate cancer – Brachytherapy enhanced late GU toxicity especially in elderly

Background and purpose: Elongation of life expectancy had led to marked increase in number of elderly patients with localized prostate cancer. However, the standard treatment for such patients is not well determined because of a high prevalence of comorbidities and slow growth of prostate cancer. Th...

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Main Authors: Hideya Yamazaki, Koji Masui, Gen Suzuki, Daisuke Shimizu, Norihiro Aibe, Kei Yamada, Atsuko Fujihara, Takumi Shiraishi, Koji Okihara, Osamu Ukimura, Ken Yoshida, Satoaki Nakamura, Haruumi Okabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Prostate cancer
Radiotherapy
Brachytherapy
Elderly
Late GU toxicity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240563082030080X

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