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Article: Adjuvant Radiation Treatment After Radical Prostatectomy May Improve Survival.

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November 1, 2005
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Adjuvant Radiation Treatment After Radical Prostatectomy May Improve Survival

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By William B. Ershler, MD, INOVA Fairfax Hospital Cancer Center, Fairfax, VA; Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging, Washington, DC and is Editor of Clinical Oncology Alert. Dr. Ershler is on the speaker?s bureau for Amgen and does research for Ortho Biotech.

Synopsis: In this large, randomized trial, the question of whether immediate postoperative radiation therapy for those prostate cancer patients treated by initial radical prostatectomy and found to have disease extending through the capsule (pT3) had added clinical benefit. Data ...

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