When to choose radiotherapy for prostate cancer, and what technique?

Title: When to choose radiotherapy for prostate cancer, and what technique?
Creator: Denham, James W.
Relation: Cancer Forum Vol. 39, Issue 3, p. 183-188
Relation: http://cancerforum.org.au/forum/2015/november/when-to-choose-radiotherapy-for-prostate-cancer-and-what-technique/
Publisher: Cancer Council Australia
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2015
Description: This review describes the present curative role of radiotherapy in men with localised prostate cancer, and the many technical innovations that have occurred over the last 20 years that have improved its accuracy and safety. These have resulted in today's state of the art irradiation technique known as 'imaged guided intensity modulated radiotherapy'. Emerging changes in practice for men with good prognosis tumours, which include radiation dose escalation, and major reductions in the duration of radiotherapy treatment courses are outlined. Finally, the role of adjuvant treatments for men with poor prognosis, high risk locally advanced tumours, and new approaches to these initiatives are summarised.
Subject: radiotherapy; prostate cancer; radiotherapy techniques; imaged guided intensity modulated radiotherapy
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1315822
Identifier: uon:23004
Identifier: ISSN:0311-306X
Language: eng
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