Prostate Cancer

Combining radiation modalities increases success

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 17th, 2004

High-risk prostate cancer patients who undergo a combination of hormonal therapy, radioactive seed implant (also called brachytherapy) and external beam radiation therapy are shown to have an increased chance of cancer cure, according to a new study by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Historically, high-risk prostate cancer has been a therapeutic challenge for physicians, despite their efforts to cure patients by aggressively treating them with either surgery, brachytherapy or external beam radiation.

Previous studies have shown the 5-year freedom-from-recurrence rates for high-risk patients treated with just one of these treatments to...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-08-17)

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