Urologists who buy their own equipment to provide expensive radiation treatment are more likely to use it to treat prostate cancer even when the benefit for patients is unclear, research shows.

With smaller radiation beams, intensity-modulated radiation therapy “takes precision to the next level” for patients with prostate, an expert told CURE®. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) — ...

For patients with intermediate- or low-risk localized prostate cancer, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton beam therapy are both safe and effective options, according to results of ...

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) - ...

Over a median follow-up period of more than five years, patients were asked to complete repeated questionnaires logging bowel, urinary and sexual function after receiving one of the two radiation ...

Patient-reported quality of life (QoL) was similar between proton beam therapy (PBT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) among men with localized prostate cancer, the randomized PARTIQoL ...

Combining oncolytic adenovirus-mediated cytotoxic gene therapy (OAMCGT) with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) reduces the risk of having a positive prostate biopsy two years after ...

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 ...

In a randomized trial of men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) improved bowel-related quality of life vs moderately hypofractionated intensity-modulated ...

SBRT achieved a 5-year DFS rate of 89% vs 92% with moderately hypofractionated IMRT in patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) reduced rectal ...

Prostate cancer treatment with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is associated with a lower risk for second primary solid cancers compared with 3D conformal radiation therapy (CRT), ...