Prostate Cancer

Research from University of Sydney Yields New Findings on Prostate Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 1st, 2011

2011 NOV 1 -- According to the authors of recent research from Sydney, Australia, "Radiotherapy technology is expanding rapidly. Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) technologies such as RapidArc ® (RA) may be a more efficient way of delivering intensity-modulated radiotherapy-like (IM) treatments."

"This study is an audit of the RA experience in an Australian department with a planning and economic comparison to IM. 30 consecutive prostate cancer patients treated radically with RA were analyzed. Eight RA patients treated definitively were then completely re-planned with 3D conformal radiotherapy (3D); and a conventional sliding window IM technique;...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-11-01)

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