How do you treat the seminal vesicles when using moderate hypofractionation for prostate cancer?
Does your approach change based on risk group?
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Radiation Oncology · Duke University School of Medicine
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The question refers to moderate hypofractionation and I will begin by defining moderate hypofractionation. In my book moderate hypofractionation involves daily fractions of 2.4-4 Gy/day as opposed to 1.8-2 Gy/day which remains the norm in the United States. There are several prospective reports of moderate hypofractionation but, in the interest of concision, I will summarize how the seminal vesicles were treated in the three large non-inferiority (NI) trials.
NRG Oncology 0415 included only low r...
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