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External-beam radiation for carcinoma of the prostate
A H Davies1, H L Davis, P Ramarakha
1Department of Urology and Radiotherapy, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.
European Urology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Over 14 years 111 patients with prostatic cancer underwent attempted curative radiotherapy; full data was obtained on 105 patients. The 5-year actuarial survival rate was 62%, with 54 patients still alive at the time of review. The toxicity rate was 94%, and serious late complications occurred in 4%. 40% of the patients developed symptomatic recurrence, and only 4% of the patients had local recurrence.