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How do you approach a patient with prostatic urethral lift (UroLift) seeking definitive radiation for prostate cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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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Radiation Oncology · Michigan Healthcare Professionals, PC

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 Oncology · Coastal Radiation Oncology

While I have treated patients with urolift with standard fractionation, is there a concern with SBRT?

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