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A shorter, five-week course of radiation treatment that delivers higher doses of radiation in fewer sessions, known as hypofractionation, appears to be just as effective and as safe in reducing the risk of prostate cancer from returning as standard radiation therapy, yet is delivered in two-and-a-half weeks less time, according to interim results of a randomized study presented November 4, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
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A shorter, five-week course of radiation treatment that delivers higher doses of radiation in fewer sessions, known as hypofractionation, appears to be just as effective and as safe in reducing the risk of prostate cancer from returning as standard radiation therapy, yet is delivered in two-and-a-half weeks less time, according to interim results of a randomized study presented Wednesday, November 4, 2009 …
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CHICAGO, Nov. 3/PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- A shorter, five-week course of radiation treatment that delivers higher doses of radiation in fewer sessions, known as hypofractionation, appears to be just as effective and as safe in reducing the risk of prostate cancer from returning as standard radiation therapy, yet is delivered in two-and-a-half weeks less time, according to interim results of a randomized study presented November 4, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology
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However, a retrospective subgroup analysis suggested that hypofractionation might be relatively less effective in patients with grade 3 tumors.
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Accelerated hypofractionation is an attractive approach for adjuvant whole breast radiotherapy.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Paola Pinnaro 2010
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Radical external beam radiotherapy for localised carcinoma of the prostate using a hypofractionation technique.
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"Other clinical trials are exploring hypofractionation and I encourage men with prostate cancer interested in shorter treatments to talk to their radiation oncologist about joining a study."
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