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Are there any scenarios in which you would offer SBRT as your preferred treatment approach for appropriate candidates with intermediate risk prostate cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Based upon the PACE-B trial, 40 Gray to the prostate, 36.25 to the PTV, which was compared to standard or moderately hypofractionated radiation, and documented non-inferiority. It is reasonable to consider stereotactic radiation therapy as a standard of care for intermediate-risk prostate cancer. If...

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Radiation Oncology · Steward Medical Group

Patients with small prostates, disease confined to the prostate on MRI (early-stage), and those who travel a long distance would be favorable candidates.

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