Although popular among older women with breast cancer, accelerated partial breast brachytherapy may be less effective and more toxic than standard whole breast irradiation in these patients.
Data presented on the evolving role of radiation therapy in local and regional tumor control at the ASCO 2010 Breast Cancer Symposium, October 1-3, 2010, are reviewed.
Prostate cancer patients who receive the optimum radiation dose on the same day as their brachytherapy implant may have a lower risk of relapse, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University Hospital of Navarre.
Modern radiotherapy achieves cure rates comparable to surgery for early stage prostate cancer and with androgen deprivation therapy, is the optimal treatment for transcasular extension of disease
