Proton therapy is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer
- This study is important because it will help set normal tissue guidelines in future trials
- Over three years, 196 patients received the external beam treatments.
- For men with prostate cancer, brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy using photons and protons are both highly effective treatments with similar relapse rates.
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