Whole-pelvic radiation conferred a 67% lower risk of all-cause mortality among patients younger than 65 with unfavorable-risk prostate cancer. Treatment with whole-pelvic radiation therapy (WPRT) may ...

In patients undergoing RP with adjuvant radiation, PLND showed no survival benefit, regardless of prostate cancer risk group or number of lymph nodes removed. Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) ...

As part of the “Speaking Out” series, a radiation oncologist discusses the benefits of MRI-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy. Dr. Matthew Solhjem, a radiation oncologist with Providence ...

Radiation therapy is often thought of as a treatment that only has a role in early-stage disease. This is no longer the case, and this approach to treatment can be used in several different ways even ...

The main advantage of proton therapy is its precision. Protons deposit most of their energy directly in the tumor with little ...

Hypofractionation of radiation therapy in men with high-risk prostate cancer is not associated with worse overall survival or prostate cancer mortality. Survival outcomes are comparable after ...

A phase 1 safety and feasibility study of intratumoral placement of bicalutamide implants combined with radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO ...

NORWALK — New national clinical trials underway at Norwalk Hospital aim to set a new standard of care that treats cancer patients with as little radiation as possible. “All of these patients we expect ...