Radiation Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Radiation therapy plays an important role in the treatment of prostate carcinoma. External beam radiation therapy is recommended to patients who are free of distant metastases and are not fit for radical prostatectomy or active surveillance. Nowadays the intensity-modulated radiation therapy is the gold standard for external beam radiation therapy. In organ confined prostate cancers, brachytherapy in suggested in patients with low-risk carcinomas. Proton therapy is a relatively new method for irradiation of prostate cancer. Using proton therapy we can decrease the toxicity of the radiation treatment.egységes, osztatlanáltalános orvosango