在前列腺癌放射治疗后出现二次恶性瘤的风险

Tenaw Tiruye1,2, Rowan David3,4, Michael O'Callaghan3,4,5,6

  • 1Cancer Epidemiology and Population Health Research Group, Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, North Terrace, SAHMRI Building, Adelaide, 5001, Australia. Tenaw.Tiruye@unisa.edu.au.

Scientific reports
|November 17, 2023
PubMed
概括

与接受激进前列腺切除术 (RP) 的男性相比,接受前列腺癌外部束辐射疗法 (EBRT) 治疗的男性患二次性泌尿器和肺癌的风险更高. 总体而言,二次癌症风险在治疗方法之间没有显著差异.

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