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Radiotherapy for elder patients aged ≥80 with clinically localized prostate cancer – Brachytherapy enhanced late GU toxicity especially in elderly

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Highlight • Elderly patients showed equivalent biochemical control rate, prostate specific survival rate.• Elderly patients showed equivalent GI toxicity compared to younger patients.• Brachytherapy enhanced late GU toxicity compared with… Click to show full abstract

Highlight • Elderly patients showed equivalent biochemical control rate, prostate specific survival rate.• Elderly patients showed equivalent GI toxicity compared to younger patients.• Brachytherapy enhanced late GU toxicity compared with EBRT, especially in elder patients.

Keywords: prostate; late toxicity; brachytherapy enhanced; toxicity; enhanced late; elder patients

Journal Title: Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Year Published: 2020

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