Optimal Androgen Deprivation Therapy Combined with Proton Beam Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Results from a Multi-Institutional Study of the Japanese Radiation Oncology Study Group

Optimal Androgen Deprivation Therapy Combined with Proton Beam Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Results from a Multi-Institutional Study of the Japanese Radiation Oncology Study Group

Background: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) combined with radiation therapy benefits intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer (PC) patients. The optimal ADT duration in combination with high-dose proton beam therapy (PBT) remains unknown. Methods: Intermediate- and high-risk PC patients treate...

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Main Authors: Motohiro Murakami, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Shosei Shimizu, Hiromitsu Iwata, Tomoaki Okimoto, Masaru Takagi, Shigeyuki Murayama, Tetsuo Akimoto, Hitoshi Wada, Takeshi Arimura, Yoshitaka Sato, Masahiko Gosho, Katsumasa Nakamura, Hideyuki Sakurai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
prostate cancer
androgen deprivation therapy
proton beam therapy
risk classification
radiation therapy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/6/1690

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