IMRT and proton therapy offer equally high quality of life and …
WEB2 days ago — People with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with either of two types of contemporary radiation therapy — proton beam therapy or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) — achieved equally high rates of tumor control with no differences in patient-reported quality of life, according to a first-of-its-kind phase III clinical trial comparing the two technologies.
Study shows equal effectiveness of proton beam therapy and …
WEB2 days ago — External beam radiation therapy is a common option for patients with localized prostate cancer. Most types of this therapy use photon beams, the same radiation used in lower doses for x-rays.
Proton therapy, IMRT comparably effective for low ... - Healio
WEB1 day ago — Photon and proton beam radiation therapies conferred similar outcomes for men with localized prostate cancer, according to results of a randomized phase 3 trial. Researchers did not observe any ...
New radiation therapy for prostate cancer reduces deaths ... - NBC News
WEBJun 3, 2021 — The trial was investigating a new, potentially groundbreaking type of treatment for prostate cancer, a therapy that specifically targets a protein on the cancer cells.
What Every Man Should Know about Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
WEBApr 19, 2022 — External beam radiation for prostate cancer includes intensity-modulated, image-guided radiation therapy (IG-IMRT), typically delivered over five weeks, and hypofractionated radiation therapy (what we call MSK Precise ™), typically delivered over a week and a half in five total treatments.
Fifteen-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy …
WEBMar 11, 2023 — Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer. 1m 44s. Despite recent advances in early detection and treatment of localized prostate cancer, management of the disease remains...
High cure rate, low toxicity maintained with shortened radiation ...
WEBSep 29, 2023 — People with intermediate risk, localized prostate cancer can be treated as effectively using fewer and higher doses of radiation therapy delivered over five treatment sessions as they can with lower doses delivered over several weeks, a new phase III randomized trial suggests.
A new treatment for advanced prostate cancer improves survival …
WEBJul 12, 2021 — Radiation therapy is getting more precise, enabled by technologies that make it easier to kill tumors while sparing their surrounding tissues. Some newer therapies are even given intravenously instead of by machines, and they deliver radiation particles directly to the cancer cell itself.
Shortened course of radiation therapy offers similar long-term …
WEBOct 26, 2021 — Using fewer—but higher—doses of radiation to treat men with prostate cancer who had their prostates removed does not increase long-term side effects or lower their quality of life compared to conventional radiation treatment, a new, multi-institutional clinical trial shows.
New Therapy for Aggressive Prostate Cancer Improves Survival
WEBJun 24, 2021 — An experimental therapy has prolonged life in men with aggressive prostate cancer that has resisted other treatments, offering new hope to patients with advanced illness and opening the door to...