Use of radiotherapy after prostate cancer surgery declining, despite evidence of benefit
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Despite strong evidence and guidelines supporting its use, post-surgical radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients at risk of recurrence is declining in the United States. This study finds fewer than 10 percent of patients at risk of recurrence received postoperative radiotherapy within six months of surgery in the U.S.