Acute Side-effects of Different Radiotherapy Treatment Schedules in Early Prostate Cancer

BACKGROUND: Optimal radiation therapy (RT) fractionation in early prostate cancer in elderly patients is controversial. We compared acute toxicities of fractionation schedules: 78/2 Gy, 60/3 Gy and 36.25/7.25 Gy, in this single-centre study. We also evaluated the effect of the rectal immobilization...

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Main Authors: Kapanen, M. (Author), Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, P.-L (Author), Luukkaala, T. (Author), Reinikainen, P. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NLM (Medline) 2022
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