High-dose radiation therapy as effective as surgery for aggressive prostate cancer
Saturday, August 6, 2016 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
FINDINGS A study by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center provides convincing evidence that radiation-based treatments and surgery are equally effective treatments for aggressive prostate cancer. It also suggests that a particular form of radiation therapy, consisting of external radiation followed by brachytherapy (a type of radiation treatment in which a radioactive source […]