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Radiation Oncology • Genitourinary Cancers
What dose/fractionation regimen do you use for the moderately accelerated, hypofractionated treatment of localized prostate cancer?
There are a wide range of seemingly safe/effective regimens in the published literature, with an associated array of BED/EQDs and little more to guide one in choosing the optimal scheme.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I use 70 Gy in 28 fractions. Rationale in brief below-Tested and proven to be non-inferior in RTOG 0415Less valid but important; we have been using this regimen at the Durham VA for nearly a decade.It is hard to be dogmatic; several regimens have been described in the literature but only two have be...
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