Dose-Escalated Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Quality of Life Comparison of Two Prospective Trials

Dose-Escalated Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Quality of Life Comparison of Two Prospective Trials

IntroductionThe optimal prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) dose-fractionation scheme is controversial. This study compares long-term quality of life (QOL) from two prospective trials of prostate SBRT to investigate the effect of increasing dose (NCT01578902 and NCT01146340).Materia...

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Main Authors: Harvey Charles Quon, Hima Bindu Musunuru, Patrick Cheung, Geordi Pang, Alexandre Mamedov, Laura D'Alimonte, Andrea Deabreu, Liying Zhang, Andrew Loblaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Quality of Life
Radiotherapy
Clinical Trial
stereotactic body radiotherapy
Radiation Effects
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2016.00185/full

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