Postoperative radiotherapy slows biochemical progression of prostate cancer

Wednesday 13 April 2011

The results of an EORTC trial show that men who received adjuvant radiotherapy immediately after radical prostatectomy had significantly better survival rates than those assigned to watchful waiting after surgery in terms of biochemical progression.

>> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/739945?sssdmh=dm1.676992&src=nldne


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