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How would you treat a patient with UC and a J-pouch presenting with basaloid carcinoma of the prostate who is not a surgical candidate?

What dose and field of radiation? Would you add ADT or chemo?
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Radiation Oncology · West Virginia University Hospitals
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This is a difficult scenario. One way of approaching this is by considering SBRT to the prostate and seminal vesicles after placing a rectal spacer. The typical dose is 3,625 cGy in 5 fractions, given on alternate days. Ensuring there is no bowel (small or large) within proximity of the superior asp...

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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A small case series from us with brachytherapy.

Williamson et al., PMID 18708241

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