Image-guided hypofractionated radiotherapy in low-risk prostate cancer patients.

Maurizio ValerianiAlessia CarnevaleLinda AgolliPaolo BonomeAdelaide MontaltoLuca NicosiaMattia F OstiVitaliana De SanctisGiuseppe MinnitiRiccardo Maurizi Enrici

Published in: BioMed research international (2014)

Our study demonstrated that hypofractionated regimen provided excellent biochemical control in favorable risk prostate cancer patients. The incidence of GI and GU toxicity was low. However, HFRT presented higher cumulative incidence of low-grade late GU toxicity than CFRT.

Keyphrases

low grade
radiation therapy
prostate cancer
high grade
risk factors
benign prostatic hyperplasia
oxidative stress
early stage
brain metastases
small cell lung cancer
oxide nanoparticles