A 65-year-old man visits his general practitioner for his annual physical examination. On
rectal examination the physician discovers a small nodule in the right lobe of his prostate …

In 1998 it was estimated that 184,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed and
39,000 patients will die of their disease (1). The mainstays of treatment for localized prostate …

Optimal treatment for patients with localized carcinoma of prostate is controversial. Radiation
therapy is an established modality; reports indicate that results are comparable to those of …

The treatment of localized prostate cancer is a matter of considerable controversy. For
decades experts vigorously debated the relative merits of radical prostatectomy and external …

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men and a major cause of cancer
deaths worldwide. Ionizing radiation has played a substantial role in the curative treatment …

External-beam radiotherapy is recommended for a 69-year-old man with localized prostate
cancer. This therapy has evolved rapidly owing to the development of sophisticated …

Over 200000 cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2007.
Management of this common malignancy is controversial with essentially equal long-term …

Background. Optimal treatment for patients with localized carcinoma of the prostate is
controversial. Radiation therapy is an established modality in the management of these …

PURPOSE: Historically advanced prostate cancer had been treated with androgen ablation.
With the evolution of radiation therapy it was shown that some patients with advanced but …

This issue of the IJROBP contains the latest report from the MDACC randomized trial of
radiation dose in localized prostate cancer (1). Although the current report looked …