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Radiation Oncology • Genitourinary Cancers
How do you approach a patient with prostatic urethral lift (UroLift) seeking definitive radiation for prostate cancer?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I've not yet seen a patient with a UroLift device in place. Apparently, from the company website, the device is H-shaped and the vertical parts are on either side of a prostate lobe and connected by a suture-like strand. The vertical parts compress the prostate lobe and are placed on either side of ...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Interestingly, there is an article in Practical Radiation Oncology that reports on using UroLift as a surrogate for fiducials. The authors indicate that they work just as good as implanted fiducials.
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Radiation Oncologist at USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
http://www.practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-8500(...
http://www.practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-8500(...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
While I have treated patients with urolift with standard fractionation, is there a concern with SBRT?
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Radiation Oncologist at Baylor Scott & White Health
In terms of somewhat analogous radiobiology perhap...
In terms of somewhat analogous radiobiology perhap...