Posted on July 7, 2017 by Sitemaster
In a recent commentary (see this link), we saw that some clinicians are making unsubstantiated claims of cancer control from treatment of oligometastases (less than 5 detected metastases). … READ MORE …
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Posted on March 21, 2017 by Sitemaster
Many readers may be interested in an article by Gina Kolata in today’s issue of The New York Times. It deals with the rising popularity of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in the management of localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on December 6, 2016 by Sitemaster
In several randomized clinical trials of external beam treatment of primary prostate cancer, we have seen that moderately hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiation therapy (HypoIMRT), accomplished in 12 to 26 treatments or fractions, is no worse than conventionally fractionated IMRT treatment (in 40 to 44 fractions). … READ MORE …
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Posted on September 29, 2016 by Sitemaster
There has been some question as to whether the toxicity of delivering very high doses of external beam radiation per treatment (or fraction) in fewer fractions (called “extreme hypofractionation” or SBRT) would be high compared to conventional dose rates per fraction. … READ MORE …
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Posted on September 29, 2016 by Sitemaster
Data from a 5-year-long, multi-institutional trial, reported at the recent ASTRO meeting, showed that stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) had high rates of cancer control and low toxicity. … READ MORE …
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Posted on April 8, 2016 by Sitemaster
In a recent commentary, we saw that the lack of a standard of care for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) dose escalation may put patients at risk when dose limits are pushed beyond what is customarily considered effective and safe. … READ MORE …
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Posted on January 27, 2016 by Sitemaster
Recently we have seen evidence of improved cancer control in high-risk patients treated with external beam radiotherapy with a brachytherapy boost to the prostate. This has been demonstrated with both HDR brachytherapy boost and with LDR brachytherapy boost. … READ MORE …
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