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Review
. 2023 Sep 1;30(9):8092-8110.
doi: 10.3390/curroncol30090587.

The Current Trend of Radiation Therapy for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer

Kazuyuki Numakura  1 , Mizuki Kobayashi  1 , Yumina Muto  1 , Hiromi Sato  1 , Yuya Sekine  1 , Ryuta Sobu  1 , Yu Aoyama  1 , Yoshiko Takahashi  1 , Syuhei Okada  1 , Hajime Sasagawa  1 , Shintaro Narita  1 , Satoshi Kumagai  2 , Yuki Wada  2 , Naoko Mori  2 , Tomonori Habuchi  1
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Review

The Current Trend of Radiation Therapy for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer

Kazuyuki Numakura et al. Curr Oncol. .

Abstract

A recent approach to radiotherapy for prostate cancer is the administration of high doses of radiation to the prostate while minimizing the risk of side effects. Thus, image-guided radiotherapy utilizes advanced imaging techniques and is a feasible strategy for increasing the radiation dose. New radioactive particles are another approach to achieving high doses and safe procedures. Prostate brachytherapy is currently considered as a combination therapy. Spacers are useful to protect adjacent organs, specifically the rectum, from excessive radiation exposure.

Keywords: brachytherapy; hydrogel spacer; image-guided radiation therapy; intensity-modulated radiation therapy; metastasis direct therapy; prostate cancer; radiation therapy; stereotactic body radiation therapy; volumetric modulated arc therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the study design; data collection, analyses, or interpretation; writing of the manuscript; or decision to publish the results.

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A perspective view of radiation therapy for patients with localized prostate cancer. BT, brachytherapy: EB, external beam radiation therapy; ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; 3D-CRT, three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy: IMRT, intensity modulated radiation therapy; SBRI, stereotache body radiation therapy.
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