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Comment
. 2009 May;6(5):250-1.
doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2009.56.

Prostate cancer: local control and radiotherapy matter in prostate cancer

Seth A Rosenthal
Comment

Prostate cancer: local control and radiotherapy matter in prostate cancer

Seth A Rosenthal. Nat Rev Urol. 2009 May.

Abstract

In a study published in The Lancet, long-term androgen suppression (AS) combined with radiotherapy, compared with AS alone, improved outcomes in patients with locally advanced but nonmetastatic prostate cancer. The combined therapy significantly reduced prostate-cancer-specific deaths at 10 years from 23.9% to 11.9% (P <0.001), and improved overall survival.

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