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Radiotherapy has experienced an extremely rapid development in recent years. Important improvements such as the introduction of multileaf collimators and computed tomography (CT)-based treatment planning software have enabled three dimensional conformal external beam radiation therapy (3DCRT). The development of treatment planning systems and technology for brachytherapy has been very rapid as well. Development of accelerators with integrated on-board imaging equipment and technology, for example image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) has further improved the precision with reduced margins to adjacent normal tissues. This has, in turn, led to the possibility to administer even higher doses to the prostate than previously. Although radiotherapy and radical prostatectomy have been used for the last decades as curative treatment modalities, still there are no randomized trials published comparing these two options. Outcome data show that the two treatment modalities are highly comparable when used for low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

Original publication

DOI

10.3109/0284186X.2010.576115

Type

Journal article

Journal

Acta Oncol

Publication Date

06/2011

Volume

50 Suppl 1

Pages

98 - 103

Keywords

Brachytherapy, Clinical Trials as Topic, Humans, Male, Prostatic Neoplasms, Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted, Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Treatment Outcome