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Is there an age cutoff over which you would not recommend definitive radiation for intermediate risk prostate cancer?

How do performance status and comorbidities affect your recommendation?
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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
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In general, I prefer to try to evaluate a patient's physiological age rather than merely use chronological age as an absolute cut off for definitive radiation. Thus, both performance status and co-morbidities factor heavily into my decision whether or not to recommend definitive radiation. In additi...

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