New Tool Matches Medical Treatment Data To New Cancer Cases To Improve Prostate Cancer Treatment
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New Tool Matches Medical Treatment Data To New Cancer Cases To Improve Prostate Cancer Treatment
Aug 16, 2011 9:00 am
Prostate cancer, the most common form of cancer in U.S. men, is also one of the most treatable: 90 percent of patients who undergo intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in the early stages are disease free after five years, according to the journal Seminars in Radiation Oncology. IMRT uses three-dimensional images of the cancerous tumor and surrounding tissues to conform the radiation beams to the size and shape of the tumor...