Radiation added to hormone therapy increases survival for men with prostate cancer
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 03:14
in Health & Medicine
For men with locally advanced prostate cancer the addition of radiation treatment to anti-androgen hormone therapy reduces the risk of dying of prostate cancer by 50 percent compared to those who have anti-androgen hormone treatment alone, according to a randomised study presented 22 September 2008 at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston...
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