A New Predictive Tool for Postoperative Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer.

A New Predictive Tool for Postoperative Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer.

Cancer Biol Ther. 2017 Apr 18;:0

Authors: Lee DK, Figg WD

Abstract
The standard treatments for localized prostate cancer include surgical resection and/or radiotherapy. Recently in 2016, Zhao et al. described a tool to predict which patients will most likely gain from postoperative radiotherapy. Such a method can personalize treatment plan by maximizing benefit but minimizing harm.

PMID: 28418285 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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