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Do HIV/AIDS patients with prostate cancer have increased radiation toxicity?

And should special precautions be taken (such as dose reduction, prophylactic symptom management, etc)?
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Radiation Oncology · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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This small study suggest that outcomes are the same for HIV vs. non-HIV patients. That's also been my general experience.

Matched cohort analysis of outcomes of definitive radiotherapy for prostate cancer in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. (Kahn S, Jani A, Edelman S, Rossi P, Godette ...

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