Prostate Cancer
Researchers from Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital Describe Findings in Prostate Cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, April 24th, 2012
2012 APR 24 -- According to the authors of a study from Kishiwada, Japan, "Reirradiation of locally recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy is limited because of its toxicity to the rectum that is closely adjacent to the prostate. To solve geometric anatomic constraints, including rectal size and distance from the prostate, we developed a technique that modifies the geometry by noninvasive direct intervention."
"In a patient with local recurrence of prostate cancer at 18 months after initial radiotherapy of 61.8 GyE(LQ2,3) (gray equivalent in 2 Gy/fraction at alpha/beta = 3 calculated with linear quadratic [LQ] model) to the prostate, we prescribed 16...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2012-04-24)
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