Prostate cancer patients disease free after 5 years likely to be disease free after 10 years

Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 12:49 in Health & Medicine

Prostate cancer patients who receive brachytherapy and remain free of disease for five years or greater are unlikely to have a recurrence at 10 years, according to a study in the July 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

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