Both comorbidity and worse performance status are associated with poorer overall survival after external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Abstract Background In this retrospective study, we evaluated the biochemical recurrence rate, metastatic disease progression, and prostate cancer-specific and overall survival in patients curatively treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for early prostate cancer (PC). We also examined the...

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Main Authors: Miikka Lehtonen, Lauri Heiskanen, Petri Reinikainen, Pirkko-Liisa Kellokumpu-Lehtinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-06812-6