EBRT with or without STAD showed similar 15-year PCSS and OS rates in IRPC patients, with high PSA failure rates observed. Multivariate analysis indicated greater side effects in the STAD group ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Tracking breathing-related prostate movement enables more precise delivery of radiation, study finds. BOSTON—Real-time positional tracking of the prostate could improve external beam radiation ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Adding supplemental external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) did not improve outcomes in higher-risk cancer patients who had brachytherapy, according to the long-term results of two trials. Specifically, ...